Boundless has a good discussion about the predicament of singles in churches today. We have some singles in our church and I have definitely had, at different times, opportunity to speak into their lives. When I read this quote from a single guy having trouble with the reaction of his church to his situation, I [...]
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Sundays have really changed for me. What was once a day of mostly rest, with a little church time mixed in has become a day of work. It begins at 6:30ish when I wake up. That part is good – unlike most people, 6:30am represents sleeping in for 2 whole hours, as compared to my [...]
I’m trying to focus more on getting that big paper done now, which is distracting me from too much blog-related. However, I promise I will get back to y’all soon. In the meantime, watch for new twitters. I’ve been coming across a few amusing/interesting things and just throwing them up there. I will make one [...]
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This weekend might have easily been considered overwhelming. We had so much on the go. Friday night was our first small group meeting of the fall, which went smoothly, but it was interesting forging a new dynamic for the season with much more concrete goals and planning. We’re much more comfortable in doing what is [...]
I just tried googling this, and didn’t find a thing that was relevant. My Pastor and mentor, Philip, suggested this to me a few weeks ago as a possibility when we begin to move forward with our dream of planting a church in Alberta. He was suggesting that going bivocational would allow us to be [...]
Continue reading about A Realtor/Church Planter: What Would That Look Like?
I just realized it’s been almost a week between posts. Sorry about that. We’d been doing great, posting almost every weekday and the odd weekend. The last week of days has been super intensive. Cheryl had her first day of teaching at TWU, and she had to spend two more evenings doing some supervisory stuff [...]
Ed Stetzer recommends this book for those looking to do mroe mentoring and coaching. I certainly have a couple of uses for such a book, and I do feel I have some deficiency in my skill as a mentor. If anyone who reads this feels like passing on an early Christmas gift, this would be [...]
No, not mine. But another blogger friend, she put up a post considering whether it’s a bit too harsh to say divorce is wrong, or sin. She has noticed that a lot of people take very harsh views of divorce, and wonders if things aren’t quite as black and white. They never are. However, I [...]
This is going to sound completely self-centred, but given what I know about myself, and my own struggles with confidence, last night’s one-year anniversary at Community of Hope was incredibly special and meaningful to me for a number of reasons. Let me tell you about it. We had our Awana leadership walkthrough before the Vision [...]
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While out at iGo, the speaker, Mark Cahill, challenged us like I had never been challenged before about personal evangelism. I was definitely affected by his speaking, though some of the people I was with weren’t as enthusiastic. At first blush, it felt like he was proposing the “Way of the Master” type challenge evangelism. [...]
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