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Rest: A Hard Choice in a Busy World
Rest and Sleep Problems Abound If you start to google the phrase “Why am I” in the search bar, it will fill in the rest of the phrase with, “Why am I so tired?” People want to know why they are always so exhauasted It has become a huge problem in Canada. Sleep problems abound. […]
Abide With Me
A number of years ago there was an NHL hockey strike, without Toronto Maple Leaf games to watch I was wanting to find something else to watch. I had started to become interested in soccer after watching the World Cup. It was a pretty easy move to start watching English Premier League Soccer. It was […]
Callander Bay Church: Pastor’s Annual Report 2016
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 […]
Change, Complexity, Simplicity and the Church
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 […]
Figuring Out What’s Important
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 […]
God’s Heart for the Orphans
Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you. James 1:27 (NLT) Some numbers are really big. The number of orphans is one of those figures. Most sources say that there are at least 143 million […]
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 […]
FOUNDATIONAL TRUTHS OF MY LIFE WITH GOD
FOUNDATIONAL TRUTHS OF MY LIFE WITH GOD (From the book, God is Closer Than You Think by John Ortberg) God is always present and active in my life, whether or not I see God. Coming to recognize and experience God’s presence is learned behavior; I can cultivate it. My task is to meet […]