“and his strength left him.” (Judges 16:19b)
Tonight, I received my first real haircut in 7 years. It was genuinely fun; nothing like my junior high nightmare. Back then I went to my dad’s “one-cut-wonder” barber–a little, bald, Italian man whose most interesting barbershop feature was the stack of black combs that he kept in a questionable blue liquid stationed on the…
Mean people shouldn’t manage toy stores
Our family took a little road trip to the Tri-cities yesterday. Erika and I both had things to do. Since our kids don’t naturally enjoy spending hours in the car, we added an incentive; a trip to the Lego store in St. Jacobs. Without complaint they endured the seventy-five minute drive, marched around the college…
Happy New Year!
It’s 2010. And just so you know, it’s now pronounced twenty-ten, not two thousand and ten. Thanks for clarifying Luke. I don’t usually make New Year’s resolutions but I do set life goals. It started around ten years ago when Erika and I went through premarital counseling. The pastor invited us to dream about the…
Getting published
I’m ready to be rejected. So over the next few weeks I’m going to be writing articles and sending them to ministry magazines. I was inspired by a couple of books we received last week. They give details on how to write for Christian publications. The introduction to one of them says, “Before you start,…
Mechanic? Not me.
It’s hard being clueless about mechanical things. Some people have a knack for fixing things. Not me. Ask me to build a strong team of leaders, sure. Invite me to stand up in front of hundreds of people and preach or teach, no problem. Challenge me to screw a nut into my tractor’s oil pan?…
Thanks for the encouragement
This is a shout out to everyone who has encouraged me lately. As I said in my last post, you can think what you want. But as you’ll see from this post, I like encouragement. To all of you who have posted encouraging comments on my blog, thank-you. To everyone who has emailed me words…
Thoughts about me
Fear of what people think about me. It can be downright restricting. That’s why I’m giving it up this advent season. I know most people don’t give things up for advent (it’s more of a lent thing) but I think Jesus is calling me into the deeper places. Maybe I caught a mountain parasite or…
Fun in the Mountains
Erika and I have been in Alberta since Tuesday. Our main purpose for the trip was to attend the Church Planting Congress. One of the most powerful moments came during a time of communion at the end. As the band was wrapping up their song one of my pastor friends from Alberta reached over and…
Family medicine
Amazingly, the Mills clan now have a family physician in our area. We started looking for a Doc shortly after arriving in the area in 2007. We weren’t overly aggressive about searching until last winter. Our 8-year-old is prone to strep infections. After multiple emergency room visits, Erika started praying. During one snowy visit, a…
