by revnick | Apr 20, 2012 | Reflections, Words to the Church
I’m not sure how I’m feeling right now… I was at the Cape Breton edition of the Nova Scotia Leadership Prayer Breakfast this morning. Always an enjoyable event, this year I was in the presence of Cindy Klassen, multiple Olympic medalist, and her...
by revnick | Apr 19, 2012 | Words to the Church
Over the last few months the United Church of Canada has spent some good amount of time on doctrine. Now, contrary to what the title of this post may imply, I do believe talking about doctrine (what we believe) to be an important thing. But we’re doing it wrong....
by revnick | Mar 22, 2012 | Words to the Church
You know the old saying, “You learn something new every day”? Well, I learned the following, which was entirely new to me. “Young people today aren’t joining the United Church of Canada because of the inaccessible language of our old...
by revnick | Mar 16, 2012 | Leadership, Words to the Church
This week I’ve had two interesting articles shared with me about leadership and change. The first was “The Problem with Blowing Things Up” which talks about the wisdom about how to initiate change. So often we are tempted to “blow things...
by revnick | Mar 8, 2012 | Words to the Church
The other day this article made the rounds on Facebook. It raises some interesting questions about our approach to church budgets. Now I’ve never been part of a church that looks for “pledges” to help set the budget for the year, but I can see the...
by revnick | Feb 3, 2012 | Words to the Church
My friends, The future of the United Church of Canada concerns me. The statistics over the last 20 years have been alarming, and the projection for the next 20 years are heart-breaking as we watch a once influential and well respected church decline so dramatically....
