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Wedding Singers

Darryl and Kevin, two of my closest friends, wrote Rachel and I songs for our wedding. They were both super well done and fit in perfect. Kevin sang his song while we were signing the…

Our Wedding Pictures

Well a lot of people have been asking to see some pictures from the wedding. So here are some of my favourites. Our photographers name is Krista Jefferson, she is based out of Hamilton and…

Links for May 15, 2007

I designed a site for a friend of mine in Peterborough who planted a church called The Third Space. This site is called Crooked Letters and its mixed full of all different types of writing….

Jesus Must Have Meant Something Else

Jesus must have been intending something deeper when he said that the poor will inherit the Kingdom of God. He didn’t actually mean that. He must have been meaning something else when he said it…

Last 8 Hours As a Bachelor

Rachel and I are getting married in less than 8 hours. Can’t wait. We had an awesome bachelor party last night (pics to come). It’s been an awesome few last days, I love my friends…

True Messengers

Protesting for a long time has always rested uneasy with me. It’s the same feeling I get when I think about gospel tracts. The feeling is pretty basic. It’s not rage or anger or even…

Links for May 1, 2007

Rachel and I are getting married in five days and a lot of time has gone to getting the house ready, getting wedding stuff done and trying to work at the same time. It will…

Links for April 26, 2007

Interesting post on the Two Christianities: Externally-Motivated and Internally-Motivated. (ht) ———————– While Tim Challies and I don’t always see eye to eye (he’s a Reformed blogger out of the Toronto area) this post caught my…

The Kingdom: Making Spectacles

Below is my rough transcript for what I shared at the Cultivate Gathering this weekend. This a long one to read, but hopefully it gets you thinking. I wanted to come at it from something…

Links for April 20, 2007

Remember when we went out taking pics here. Here is Barry’s pics and here is Matt’s Pics ———————– Something we have been trying lately at theStory is been doing our teaching with room for conversation…

Cultivate in Two Days

This Saturday is the Cultivate Learning Gathering at the FRWY in Hamilton. I helped run it last year with Pernell as part of my time spent with him and we thought it was a great…

Links for April 17, 2007

A freakin great quote. And yet the early church grew and grew and grew, even without intentional evangelistic strategy or ministry. How? By being the most attractive community in the Roman Empire. Read More… ———————–…

A Friend Named Levi

I went to the Simple Way in Philadelphia a few months ago and we met two guys there named Robb and Tim. They were nice and super friendly and welcoming. Robb sent me this piece…

Links for April 15, 2007

My mom is one of my best fans for this blog. She is running in a bike ride and actually turned down going to Europe for this bike ride (why I’ll never understand) so it…

Good Friday

Joe finally posted about Good Friday, and I know you all were waiting for so long. He posted on his site and then a more practical version of what we did on thinkerlabs.

Glimpse of Sunshine

On Good Friday we had a service (Joe posted here and a more practical version of how we did it here. We went through the five stages of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance)…

Links for April 07, 2007

Ron wanted to borrow a truck, and his friend said “what’s mine is yours” and what he thinks about that. ———————– The French are doing an advertising campaign to raise awareness for AIDS. It’s pretty…

Creating and Maintaining

I’m starting to realize two types of people or at least two extremes where people fall. This is one of those things where I don’t think it’s that important to find that strong of a…

A Few Updates

* Rachel and I got our apartment today. We spent the entire day with our moms and a few friends painting and moving all of our crap in. A big thanks to my mom, Rachel’s…