Servant Leadership Doesn’t Work
Been reading a few links and been in some conversation from/with Jonathan Brink, James Kingsley and Darryl Silvestri lately which has got me thinking a bit about leadership. I’m going to go out on a…
Moving From a Self-Justifying Church To A Failure-Admitting Church
This is my contribution to the Eighth Letter conference we are running coming up in October. Thanks to Rachel for organizing a Syncroblog of all the letters. To The Church in North America It’s odd…
Loving Your Enemy Means You Have To Hang Out With Them
Of all the commandments of Jesus, the one that I see as most revolutionary is the one to love your enemies. Not only is the idea of loving enemies a hard one, it’s completely foreign…
The Moral Use of “Biblical Authority”
It keeps us from turning commands found there into isolated rules of principles that are assumed to have special status because they are in the Bible. Rather is proposes that Christians (and we hope others)…
Blessed Are the Peacemakers – A Sermon on Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Many Christians demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. … I haven’t heard one of them demand that the…
If You Thought It Was Wrong You Wouldn’t Do It
I’m reading this book right now called Mistakes were Made but not by Me and it is changing the way I interact with people and view them from a distance. We can be quick to…
Why Children’s Ministry Hasn’t Been Working
This might come as a redundant post to where many people have already landed. I think though I’ve finally placed my finger on why children’s ministry at my church and the other churches I’ve worked…
Some Great Links for All Those That Enjoyed and Hated Lost
I love Lost. As most of you know I was a bit disappointed that it was all over and especially the way the writers ended everything, but nevertheless, it was still great writing and television….
Viral Hope
Remember that book that I wrote a small chapter in? Aaron Nee made this great video promoting it. Pretty sweet.
Two Worlds of Dialogue
Since being to university I have been able to hold two completely contradictory thoughts in my head at the same time and not go insane. To many, that sentence probably sounds insane. Here is what…
Acer’s Customer Service Sucks
Just finished writing this post over on Linking Life. I’m having an extremely frustrating experience with Acer right now where I am 6 months in, shipped my computer to them four times and I am…
Blessed are the Meek: A Sermon on the Beatitude of Meekness
As we go through the beatitudes we have heard all sorts of different theories and perspectives on what they are. They are values of what people should hold in being part of the Kingdom. They…
Throwing Out Agendas and Replacing with Mission
In being downtown Sarnia we have always said we never wanted to have an agenda. The idea stemmed from hardcore, door-to-door sales pitches for religious beliefs that we wanted to stay away from. Missionary dating,…
Shared to Be Real
We spend quite a bit of time pursuing, collecting and naming all of our possessions. We work hard so we can buy more things. We take vacation so we can get a break from all…
A Conversation On Salvation: Where Are My Flaws?
The following is a conversation that happened on my Facebook Wall a few weeks ago. Ralph is a worship pastor at the large Baptist church in Sarnia, and we tend to go back and forth…
Attacking Systems, Not People
I am learning the art of attacking systems. I don’t want to just point them out and walk around with a sign that makes catchy insults about them. I don’t want to just blog about…
theStory Is On The Map For Sarnia First Fridays
We’ve been trying to get on the map for First Friday’s for over a year now. Since we’ve been downtown Sarnia, we’ve been wanting to participate and help out with everything that is going on. …
Wear Their Face On Your Heart
It’s good when people try their best to redeem our consistent need to have the best brands. Brands drive me nuts. So crazy that I have gone out of my way to not buy things…
Pornography and Following Jesus
I have read quite a bit on pornography and “every man’s battle” with it over my time working with the church. There is everything from Every Man’s Battle to youth curriculum for dealing with pornography,…
Samuel Lukhele from Swaziland
Rachel and I spent a few weeks in Swaziland a few years ago with the Lukhele family. Samuel stole all of our hearts as soon as we met him. I wrote about some of his…