I don’t mind cold weather. Unless it causes our water pipe to freeze and burst. I knew something was wrong when I stepped into the garage for firewood and noticed a massive ice build-up on the car hood. I looked up an d saw icicles hanging from the dry walled ceiling. Not good. The encouraging part is that it happened in…
It’s the start of a new semester. So this evening I prepared for my first Spiritual Formation class. I’m going to play an audio clip from an interview between Dallas Willard and Bill Hybels. Willard is a philosophy professor at the U of Southern California. He has written books on discipleship and spiritual formation and…
I spent most of my day in in my head, in isolation, finalizing the course syllabi for my winter ’09 courses (Spiritual Formation and Worship Leadership). If you’re interested, you can access them here. While I sat at my computer, some guys from my small group spent the day cutting firewood. Out of the blue, they dropped off…
I met with our Walkerton Coffeehouse lead team tonight. The lead team is the core group of people who will be organizing our coffeehouse church gatherings. In the next 3 months we’re hoping to establish a viable community of Jesus followers with this mandate: “foster community among people who live or work in Walkerton; nurture…
I’ve simplified my website. Further updates coming soon.
Yesterday I preached my “relevant church” message. Thanks to those of you who responded to my last blog post (by posting or by emailing me directly). It shaped what I said. Thanks also to those of you who emailed me or chatted with me after the morning service. Some liked it, some didn’t. Sermon enjoyment…
I’m preaching this Sunday. It’s one of my favorite things to do. My topic? Jesus’ desert temptations. Part of my inspiration has been Henri Nouwen’s excellent little book, In the Name of Jesus. In it, Nouwen reflects on his transition from Harvard to L’Arche in Toronto to work with people who have developmental disabilities. As…
I can’t celebrate Christmas in Niagara without going to my favorite discount bookstore for their 1/2 price Boxing Day book clearance. (These are actual pictures from the store) Books that would normally cost $40 are reduced to $9.99 in the warehouse. On Boxing day, you pay half of the sticker price. So that $40 book is…
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve. Ever since taking my position as director of worship and the arts, Christmas Eve has meant “month-long frenzied extravaganza.” Every year our church puts on a large scale community worship service on Christmas Eve. That means that we rehearse a handful of times the week before Christmas. This year, 3 major winter storms…
I love the Hanover winters. We’ve been without internet since Wednesday. I think our wireless receiver got iced up. Thankfully a technician came out this morning. While he was working on getting us online, a Purolator package arrived for Erika. The delivery guy made an attempt at our driveway. He almost made it to the…