Sponsoring Children is the New Altar Call
I grew up in a Pentecostal Church, and interned at a Baptist church. Altar calls were the epitome of the Sunday worship service. After the pastor would finish his sermon, he would give the 4-5…
I grew up in a Pentecostal Church, and interned at a Baptist church. Altar calls were the epitome of the Sunday worship service. After the pastor would finish his sermon, he would give the 4-5…
JR Woodward asked me to write for a blog series he was doing on Gospel in local context during Easter last year. So my local context was Sarnia. I wrote this article (read full article…
We announced the Eighth Letter conference yesterday and have let out tickets sales for only $50 for 24 hours, there is only a few hours left. They will be $150 a piece at the door. …
I’m a fairly critical person. When I see something good or bad, I generally can see the flaws in it almost instantly. The same goes for people, systems, ideas and especially with other Christians. Having…
Anyone seen this yet? I was a big fan of Nooma films, and Rob mentioned that he’s working on a new project and a new way to do films and get them into people’s hands. …
See More Art Installations… theStory is starting to get involved in the First Friday cultural walkabouts. It’s basically a night once a month that all the downtown storefronts stay open late and have art exhibits,…
Last week Joe shaped his message dissecting the phrase “there is probably no God, so stop worrying and enjoy your life.” He dissected the quote a little bit and helped us see what was wrong…
Today I want to start the message by explaining a crucial theology for how we see ourselves as white middle class Canadians. We are a superior race. Our skin is white and not cursed like…
I wrote this for a new magazine starting up on the West Coast called Loaf. The title was borrowed from Rollins and his post about his new tour coming up. Haiti. Two months ago I…
If it wasn’t Mark Driscoll, I would have thought it was a joke. I feel like I’m back in my old church being told that Harry Potter was evil, Lord of the Rings was satanic…
Since the Olympics have started I have found myself in numerous conversations, ones that four years ago I wouldn’t have even dreamed about having. Olympics being harmful? Wrong even? I thought it was simply harmless…
Update: On further reflection and conversation with some of the comments below (Matt, Andrew and Dom) I realized that the title of this post does not really reflect my intention nor the content of this…
The Olympics have been a source of strife lately for many people. People are upset about how the Olympics are prejudice to poor people, and how they cost so much and not being a good…
The conference is coming. It’s only a few months away. Things are going really well this year for everything coming together. We decided to do another commercial this year. It’s quite a bit different from…
Before I jump into Rachel’s post, here is a good story about the pastor that Chris sent me. Pastor and I went to the bank today and we bypassed the lineup outside and went straight…
The last two days we have pulled ourselves out of bed at 3am to continue the journey to Haiti. No delays with flights and we arrived in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic around 3:30 Monday afternoon….
I will keep this collection of photos updated constantly here. A nurse here was telling a story of when she went grocery shopping with pastor, and how she was going from aisle to aisle picking…
In warm climate countries, time is different, they don’t work on tight schedules and time frames like we do. They aren’t controlled by the clock. I had an idea of this when I was coming…
In case you missed this on my twitter, this conversation is from the US border in Buffalo on our way to Haiti. Us Border Guard: your going to haiti? Us: yes. Board Guard: you better…
nurse: we have a conference call with an organization tonight, is that ok for you to talk to them tonight? pastor: i still have my mouth, so i will talk to them. aid worker: what…