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There Comes Here
Posted June 12th, 2014 - Read Article - 1 Comment - Leave a Response
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 »
3 Ways to Help Kids and Teens Fight Porn
Posted April 23rd, 2014 - Read Article - No Comments - Leave a Response
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 »
Reconciliation and Language Learning
Posted April 16th, 2014 - Read Article - No Comments - Leave a Response
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 »
Love your enemies and/or those who disagree with you
Posted March 31st, 2014 - Read Article - 1 Comment - Leave a Response
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 »
Soul Detox Anyone?
Posted March 5th, 2014 - Read Article - No Comments - Leave a Response
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 »
Lean Not
Posted February 18th, 2014 - Read Article - 1 Comment - Leave a Response
“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 »
The New Old: Thoughts on Rebranding
Posted February 11th, 2014 - Read Article - 4 Comments - Leave a Response
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 »
No happy medium… But a plea for emotional correctness!
Posted January 27th, 2014 - Read Article - 4 Comments - Leave a Response
“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All… Read More »
Christmas Fall-Out
Posted January 9th, 2014 - Read Article - No Comments - Leave a Response
“Forget the former things, do not dwell on the past. See I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?” Isa. 43:18-19. Relax, Christmas is over for another year! How was your holiday season? Hopefully it was peace filled… Read More »
360 Degree Perspective
Posted January 3rd, 2014 - Read Article - 2 Comments - Leave a Response
I hope your Christmas celebrations were meaningful and that you were blessed as you welcomed Emmanuel—”God with us”. We are now at the beginning of a New Year. What a great opportunity to reflect on the old and the new. What did we learn in… Read More »