Christmas 2016 Dear Friends, I GIVE UP! This is now my third attempt at writing my Christmas letter. The first time, after I completed it, the computer froze and I had to hard crash the system. When I did that the letter reverted to a copy that I only had completed about a quarter of […]
The Power of Being an Introvert
I am an introvert. It’s true. I prefer to be with my own thoughts in my internal world than engaging with the world outside myself. I am also a Christian. A follower of Christ. Being an introverted Christian can at times be an oxymoron. The internal warring of two opposing juggernauts. As a Christian I […]
Taking the Lord’s Name in Vain
On Sunday, we continued our series of messages called “Keep it Simple” I talked about how we need to, as time management guru Steven Covey puts it, “keep the main thing, the main thing.” The apostle Paul in his writings responds to a disagreement on a particular issue, and asked his readers to remember what […]
Spiritual Pathways
I have been talking about “Keeping it Simple” in my weekend messages. Life seems to be anything but simple and connecting with God can sometimes seem very complicated. A couple weeks ago on a Sunday Morning, I introduced the concept of Spiritual Pathways. Spiritual Pathways are ways of connecting with God. A few mentioned that we […]
Building the Dam: Accountability
I am grieved. Someone I know, respected, in ministry had a moral failure. It saddens me. He was a hallmark of faithfulness in ministry. He had served the same church for more than 30 years. He had a heart for people and evangelism. Whether it was a wedding or a funeral, the gospel was always on […]
A Letter to a Younger Me
I was reading an article where former National Hockey Player and Toronto Maple Leaf, Doug Gilmour wrote a letter to a younger self. I liked the perspective of writing from wisdom and experience to a younger and less experienced you. I hadn’t though of the article in quite an extended period of time, when I […]
Commodity, Equality and Rest.
If we look up the commodity market, we will get the prices of oil and gas, gold and silver, corn and soybeans, hogs and cattle, and cocoa and coffee. Items we use, in our world, are on the commodities market. But what we don’t see is what society has made the greatest commodity – people. […]
I’ll Stand By You
Recently, I sat in a room of firemen, policemen, paramedics, etc. I listened to the conversation about a scenario that maybe did not go so well. Then I heard a very profound thing… it was this, “maybe everything did not go as planned, but still if my spouse had an emergency I would hope that […]
A Simple Guide to Forgiveness
I love the title of this blog. I hope it will get lots of “hits” because of it! It’s kind of like posting an article with the headline: “Easy ways to Make Lot’s of Money and Be Your Own Boss.” People generally want easy paths to end results. The road to forgiveness is, for the most […]
Trending in the Right Direction
At the beginning of 2015 the Toronto Maple Leafs fired head coach Randy Carlyle. In an interview, then General Manager Dave Nonis sited that one of the reasons it happened was because the team was “trending in the wrong direction”. He was implying that they were not moving as a group towards their desired outcome. […]