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 that I was currently trying to understand and grasp a hold of as opposed to something that I give the […]
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 to happen amidst the teaching, to interact with each other and the one who is teaching. Bob throws a few
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 event overall and were excited to do it again this year. While I’m a lot more hands off this year,
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… ———————– This is why I love Family Guy. ———————– This comic is funny and true, and sometimes i get frustrated having
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 Robb sent me this piece he wrote that has been unpublished thus far I believe but I thought it was really creative and held a
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 means a lot to her. She wanted me to mention something on this site that you can give her money
Tonight, Barry, Matt and I went out and took photos on the train tracks in Sarnia. We call ourselves the Shutterbugs, Natalie calls us the Shutterbuggers. Either way we are getting shirts and if you want to come, just let me know. Here are my favourite 10 pictures that I took, I’ll link to the
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.
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) and followed the crucification story, while following our own stories and grieved the human condition together. We left with the
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 gruesome, but yet still quite creative. Don’t click here if you are offended easily, the pictures are a bit sexual.
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 balance in them both but instead maybe its accepting who you are and doing well in it and depending on
* 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 mom, Rachel and her sister Danielle for spending the day painting. Another big thanks to Aaron, Shaun, Darryl, Joe and
A friend of mine from Stratford was telling me about his new church thing that he’s doing. He was talking about their values of their conversation time. He talked about their values of acceptance and a few other things that they all deemed as important when they dive into the dialogue. Then he said something
Here is a post I wrote about the conference. Here is a list of links of people who blogged about the day. One of our surprises this year was that we got two videos too welcome and get people excited about the conference. The first one was from Rob Bell where we took it at
Chris blogged a bit about the conference here. You can find updated links to posts about the conference here. ———————– A women’s shelter is closing in Oshawa cause of lack of money. If you can, do something about it, we’re thinking on our end. Let us know if you have any ideas. ———————– I have
Here is the two videos we showed at the conference. Here is a list of links of people who blogged about the day. The Evolving Church: Restoring Justice is over and it was a great success. Instead of writing about the whole day, here is a few things that you might not have known. –
Here is a post I wrote about the conference. Here is the two videos we showed at the conference. Here is a list of links of people who blogged about the day. It’s 1:00am At 8:30 700 people will be walking through the doors. The Evolving Church: Restoring Justice Hope you’ll be there. You can
Here is a post I wrote about the conference. Here is the two videos we showed at the conference. Here is a list of links of people who blogged about the day. The Epiphaneia team: Chris, Steve, Darryl and I are in Oakville and we are hear getting ready for the Evolving Church: Restoring Justice
What is truth? ———————– This is a killer post based on a study done with seminary students. It talks about Relativism and if its really about what we believe or more the current context in which we are forced to make a decision. I really enjoyed this. ———————– Jared links to a article on Christian
Community has been on my mind lately and has been a buzz word for quite some time. Living in it, being in it and existing in it are all things to strive for. I took this to heart. My entire being has been saturated in community for the past 4 years. I have amazing friends