School has always been a very big part of my life. I have always been at the top of the class, always well prepared, always pushing myself to be better than anyone; However, going to University was a whole different ball game for me. Most the time I felt inferior in all my classes, the workload […]
Testimony video from the Callander Community Good Friday service, April 14, 2017.
One of the videos from our Good Friday Service, April 14, 2017
The Creation of Adam is the most copied and most famous frescoe on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. That image has been reproduced countless times, the finger of God reaching out to touch the hand of Adam. Intuitively Michelangelo painted the image of God with a human body because it is so difficult for […]
Christmas 2016 Dear Friends, Sometimes I am amazed at the crazy things that are trapped in my mind. I heard a Christmas song on the radio by the Partridge family (If you don’t know who they are, ask your parents) and I was able to remember a couple lines from the Partridge Family Christmas Special. […]
The introductory comments of my 2016 Annual Report can be found here: : http://callanderbaychurch.ca/2017/02/21/change-complexit…y-and-the-church/ As I reflect on 2016, we see that God has continued to do good things. We have continued to see small numeric growth, even though we said goodbye to many friends, who moved away for various reasons. Here are more of the […]
Taken from my 2016 Annual Report for Callander Bay Church “But I am afraid that…your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.” 2 Corinthians 11:3 On April 4th, 2017, I will be celebrating 25 years of ministry in North Bay/Callander. As I reflect on that time, I see […]
I found this incredible article in Understanding Today’s Youth, a newsletter put out by Youth Unlimited, by Paul Robertson. In the research of Leonard Sax, author of the book, The Collapse of Parenting they determined which factor at age 11 is the greatest predictor of happiness and life satisfaction, when that child becomes an adult. […]
I Choose Important Over Urgent “What is important is seldom urgent, and what is urgent is seldom important.” Dwight D. Eisenhower I finished up a series of messages called “I Choose” on the weekend. I talked about the need to choose what’s important more than the urgent. You can check out the full message in […]
As part of my New Year commitments, I want to do more reading. I find when I read it makes me more creative. It helps me speak better. It helps me lead better. My goal is to try and lead at least one chapter a day when I ‘m in my office at the church. Which […]