A Game of Hope

I came across an interesting video the other day. Sometimes I just save links because they interest me, or look interesting enough to check out later. This was one of them. This is a big time of year for football, here in Canada it’s our national university...

Journey and Praise

Another Sunday has passed, and it was a special one. Once again our Sunday School led us on a journey. We saw the maps and the artifacts of the very long journey Abraham took his family on. The days, weeks, months, and years of travel, covering the distance from our...

What Happens Now?

This morning I opened up my RSS reader and found this post, “Traditional church organization plants 75 house churches” In it there is the following quote from Reggie McNeal, “Probably most of the people in your city who are interested in coming to...

Remembrance Day Reflections

Earlier this week I had the great pleasure to be the guest speaker at a local elementary school’s Remembrance Day service. As usual the children did a fabulous job, as they did in all the schools I went to this week. While I didn’t use script, here is a...

A Dose of the Spirit

Last night my family and I went to a Robin Mark concert. For those of who do not know who he is… What is wrong with you!? I kid. But seriously, Robin Mark is one the most gifted song writer and worship leader we have in the church today. He is a wonderful...

Death and Mourning in Pop Culture

As clergy, I have an interest in public gatherings. Particularly if the public gathering is akin to what I would consider worship, or adopted from a Christian form of worship. This would include such things as concerts and other large public gatherings. What has...