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“And see here, I’ll always be with you…” “Espoir Acadien” (Acadian Hope) is the big evangelical outreach happening right now around Edmundston, NB in conjunction with the Congrès Mondial Acadien (World Acadian Congress). I got to join it for a few days last week. Over… Read More »

After 25 years of marriage Kelly and I did something we’ve never done before. Well, that’s a lie. It was more me than she who did it and I’d done it once before – exactly four years ago. I brought TV into our home! In… Read More »

This coming weekend marks the official beginning of summer. The weather keeps getting warmer and the days keep getting longer. Schools across our region are wrapping up classes for the year and students and families are shifting into the new reality that summer brings. Whether… Read More »

June 20th is World Refugee Day (churches will observe it Sunday June 15 or 22). The first time I heard about WRD was in Dadaab, Kenya – now earth’s largest refugee camp with 500,000 of the planet’s 15 million internationally displaced people (there’s another 30… Read More »

13 to 18 year olds spend more than 72 hours a week using electronic media. Porn is free and easy to access. Even if someone is not looking for it, it can easily find them. Every second $3075.64 is spent on pornography. The average age… Read More »

The New Paths Canadian Baptist Indigenous Peoples Ministry Conference kicked off 2 weeks ago with a plenary address from Regional Chief Stan Beardy – one of Ontario’s most senior First Nations leaders. With the talk title “Resetting the Relationship” and with the Truth and Reconciliation… Read More »

I’ve noticed a disturbing trend. In Canada we talk a lot about diversity and pluralism. Freedom of conscience and religion and freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression are enshrined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982). We have a global reputation as… Read More »

I woke up this morning thinking about Lent and it occurred to me that Lent could be a time of soul detox. To “detox” the body is to go through a “treatment designed to rid the body of poisonous substances” (free online dictionary). A “soul… Read More »

“Trust in the Lord with all your Heart, and Lean not on your own understanding” (Proverbs 3:5). This is a common verse that many believers know by heart, and can often be one of the first verses that one memorizes as a new believer. Sometimes… Read More »

Traditionalists say:  What’s the CABC coming to?!  No more Regional Ministers?  New staff and website?  And now new slogans and catchwords like “Healthy Churches. Missional Churches.” Well, that’s not too weird, but what about “Fusi3on” (I had to take a tutorial just to type it) and… Read More »