Haiti Day 7 – Brazil Just Gave Us A Truckload of Food
us: we have to be to the airport for 10pm (it is currently 9:30 and takes 30 minutes to get there) pastor: (he calls over a third party) Bob, did we get these guys to…
Haiti Day 5-6: Finally Some Communication with the UN and Getting Things Rolling
us: so pastor, what is the plan for tomorrow pastor: tomorrow? it’s today now. tomorrow will take care of itself. it’s in the bible, i’m not going to add to that. us: so should we…
Helpful Links on Haiti Aid
Humanitarian aid is something that has been going on for a long time. Everyone seems to be involved with it for some reason or another. Many people are involved in it for selfish reasons, and…
Haiti Day 4-5
Chris is blogging occasionally here if you want to read some from his perspective, he’s much more eloquent than I. Nurse: “How is Johnny.” Pastor #1: “Johnny is dead.” Pastor #2: “God is good.” I…
The Earthquake Only Lasted 15 Seconds, Praise God: Haiti Day 3-4
I’m fascinated with their optimism, as you might be able to tell by the titles of my last few posts. I just can’t even fathom it. I consider myself to be mostly optimistic, but this…
God Saved Those Two Houses Over There: Haiti Day 1-2
“God saved those two houses over there” says Pastor Martinez has he points to what looks like every other heap of ruble through Port au Prince, the capital of Haiti, as we drive through its…
Going to Haiti
An opportunity has presented itself to go to Haiti for a few weeks to work with Emmanuel International. I am going alongside of my friend Chris Lewis who has been working closely with them over…
My Story as a Circles Ally
I’ve been involved in an initiative here in Sarnia called Circles for the last number of months. It has been a great experience. It all started with a workshop I sat in called Bridges out…
Gallery Lambton Moving Forward on Christina Street
Today was a big day for downtown Sarnia. A large number of downtowners went to a council meeting where they were deciding the fate of the new Lambton Gallery project. It’s been quite a long…
Children’s Ministry for a Non-Parent
People find it odd that I’m quite passionate about what we do with our children at our church and within my community. It’s because I don’t have any kids of my own. It doesn’t seem…
The World As It Is – Bones and Bonuses
The $100m ‘loan’ from the World Bank to Haiti could be paid off as a fraction of the banking bonuses paid in addition to enormous salaries. (ht)
Donlands and Mortimer with The Wilderness of Manitoba
The Sarnia music scene is unbelievable. For a city our size (73,000), we bring in some great bands and the people in Sarnia are awesome. Tonight was Empty Spaces 19th show and it was excellent. …
The Storyboard Print Shop for Downtown Sarnia
I’ve done quite a bit of design for theStory and for clients lately. I’ve also found myself in the downtown core of Sarnia for the last two years. Manley’s recently got out of downtown; our…
Our Apologies – Sarnia Downtown First Friday Exhibit
See More Art Installations… We’ve been wanting to get involved with the First Friday events downtown for quite a while now. First Friday is a downtown walk-a-bout of art exhibits and installations, music performances and…
Who Said It – My First IPhone App
I love technology and dipping my hand into whatever I can. With the IPhone taking the mobile world by storm I just couldn’t help but try to get in on the action. So after lots…
Building Houses and Planting Gardens: A Sermon on Jeremiah 29
We are spending a month in Jeremiah 29. Joe gave some background information on the chapter and helped us understand what exile was, where Israel found itself and how they were oppressed by the Babylonians. …
The Crazy, Unbeaten, Narrow and Inconvenient Path
“True morality consists not in following the beaten track, but in finding the true path and fearlessly following it.” -Ghandi “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road…
The Evolving Church: Kingdom Economy
Well, it’s happening yet again, we are tackling our fourth conference in the last five years. This one is called The Evolving Church: Kingdom Economy and it’s on April 10, 2010 at People’s Church in…
Christmas Eve Liturgy
This year, while Joe was off enjoying some much needed and deserved vacation time I led the Christmas Eve service. After reworking our liturgy from last year, here is what I ended up doing. Each…
Taking Care of the Enviroment is Central to Being a Christian
Sarnia fanatical and conservative Christians seem to have a really large voice in Sarnia. It is unfortunate, because more times than not, I along with us at theStory, will get lumped in with all their…