First, thoughts on the venue. In a bit of bad planning, they set the conference for the Thanksgiving Weekend here in Canada, so the sparse attendance I would say could largely be accounted for on that basis. Only 150 or so showed up, and even that may have been an overestimation. Still, if he was [...]
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So we’ve been offered a couple of passes to this parenting conference, held tomorrow all day. It’s a big deal apparently, hosted by Dr. John Townsend who also authored a couple of books on the subject. The fella who gave us the tickets also graciously arranged to have our pack of ruffians watched whilst we [...]
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I need to figure out what this word means. How does one not give away the farm when one knows stuff that the person you’re talking to probably could use it, but you’re not sure if it is your place to say? I’ve faced two different situations in the last 4 days where I have [...]
A little slap to the face of my own self-absorption: The Wall Street Journal reported in October 2006 that people drive 79 percent more miles than they did in 1982 while roadways have only increased 3 percent, creating a frustrated commuter society living in permanent gridlock.1 People get home late in the evening, open their [...]
Wow. Now that ministry is more than just something casual for us, we are really starting to feel it on Mondays. When I say “we” I really mean “me”. Because Cheryl had extenuating circumstances – namely 36 hours of nausaea and vomiting. Then again, covering all the parental bases for her while she’s been sick [...]
Oh Lord, sustain my children’s hunger for your Word. Don’t let my own laziness or selfishness keep them from it. I am so proud each and every night they beg me to read them a story from the Bible. How easily that feeling is overwhelmed by the urgent, or by fatigue, or by petty distractions. [...]
Again, while reading Essential Church, I have experienced a gelling of ideas from several other places about mission and vision statements for a church. This passage jumped out at me, speaking about why young adults leave the church in droves between the ages of 16-20: Their parents assumed that the teachings of the church would [...]
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