This New Year I have become increasingly aware of two things that are seemingly tied together: the ramifications of not tying up loose ends with friends after fights, and the idea of actually having enemies. I’ll be blunt here, I mostly see this in the opposite sex (females) but it comes up in a lot […]
Tonight was one of those nights that takes you back five years and lets you remember all the good times you had. We had sort of a reunion get together of our youth group back when I first started entering youth (so I was in gr 9, so seven years ago) and a lot of
With Christmas season just behind us, it leaves me still with jogged memories and fantasies that I had when I was child about previous Christmas’. This was the first Christmas that I asked for something I needed. I got a tool set and a dirt devil vacuum cleaner. My friend was telling me how he
Lately I’ve been thinking about the whole idea of church, as you can tell because the last four entries have been about that. One of the key things one needs to do in attempting to change is first deconstruct what they are coming from then work on constructing something that learns from its history. The
After writing three points about what I have noticed church has become I knew that there were a bunch more I could point out. I was talking with my friends tonight (something think that is happening a lot this break about this subject) and I started to understand something that put a lot of things
One of my favourite sermons I have ever heard is by Erwin McManus. If you are interested, you can download it here. It’s not necessarily theologically without holes, nor is it a message that will send you running to the altar with tears filling your eyes. At the time I listened to it for the
Tonight was great and it will be one of those nights that I will never forget. Kind of the opposite side of the spectrum from a few nights ago with the accident, but either way so far this week is going to be an unforgettable week. I went out to a local bar with Joe
I’m a pretty social guy. Most of the time you will find me with at least one other person around me. My house in Sarnia always seems to be the hang-out place for EVERYONE whenever I am home. Just on random nights there could be as many as fifteen random people that will just show
Nights like tonight don’t happen often. To some they don’t happen at all. They are the kind of nights that test what you are made of and reveal exactly what is found. Melissa and I were following Chad on our way to the Oullette’s house and she started to lose control of the car. We
I’m constantly reminded that we as humans get caught up in such mundane, ridiculous and pointless things sometimes. I’m reminded whenever I turn on the TV to some celebrity ‘show-off’ episode. I’m reminded whenever I hear about high school relationships. I’m reminded whenever I see church politics. I’m reminded whenever I see Jerry Springer or
“Those who never attempt the impossible will never discover the full potential of the possible” The other day Jon, Darryl and I thought we would have a little fun so we took my new camera and took shots of us pretending to do crazy skateboard pictures. I must admit, some of them look pretty real.
Another night at 3AM, and I’m stressed out of my mind. Welcome to my life in the past 3 weeks. In about fifteen hours, all my responsibilities for this semester will have been completed. I have two exams left, and I’m not looking forward to either of them. As I was about to go to
What better night to write an entry on here than the night I need to wake up at seven in the morning to write an essay that I’m not prepared for? Well, I’ll admit, I’m more prepared for this one that I am for the next three I have. God’s been working on me a
In the last two days I’ve had three interesting conversations about the same topic; the impetuous cycle that the world seems to be living in. This is true for most people that aren’t believers, but sadly I see it all the time in the church also. Every time I go home, I am bombarded with
Well it’s always exciting when my work gets published somewhere else. The OOZE published my Growing in Grace article. I wrote this article a while back, last year sometime, and Relevant (click here to see it) has already published it on their site a while back. You can check out the article here www.theooze.com and
I’ve been quite slow with my updates over the last week or so, but for a legitimate reason. I had 4 essays due in three days last week, I had to finish Canon 25 design and writing, I had a volleyball tournament on Saturday and the big school banquet was last week also. It was
I don’t like doing this too often, but sometimes I just feel like people need to read some things. If you haven’t already read the lyrics for Derek Webb’s song Wedding Dress read it below. I think I’m on this kick a little bit about honesty in music. I love when lyrics are honest and
Perhaps the worst time in life is that in anticipation for something that could possibly happen. Perhaps this is the best time in life also. I always find myself in this spot. I have dreams for my future, big dreams at that, not just the little ones that a genie could grant. I have dreams
When I walked into the apartment today, there was this song on the cd player that was on repeat. I don’t really want to talk about it, I think the words speak for itself, so read through them. You can go to BLUE LIKE JAZZ WEBSITE and watch an amazing video that goes with this
The guys at the apartment and I were watching the ending credits of V.I.P. a little while ago and we were making comments on how pointless it was. I guess for most guys this would be a great show, beautiful women flaunting what they have to flaunt, investigating crime and always seem to need to