I don’t talk much about religion here any longer but I am Free Methodist and I do have an interest in how the denomination does. Over the years I have been a member of a couple of committees and working groups and have developed a respect for our Bishop and the national leadership team. Connected [...]
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A look back
My early ideas on Social Services were shaped by the Devine Tories. As some of you know, the first campaign I worked on was the 1986 provincial election campaign that saw Grant Devine and the Progressive Conservatives re-elected. Devine was confronted with a large budget deficit, an extremely effective NDP opposition party, an ongoing drought [...]
One year later
A friend of mine asked me the other day if we had any regrets about purchasing our cabin last summer. The discussion revolved around the size, the restrictions on use, and the idea of the being permanently anchored to one place for vacation. The Size There are four of us using under 300 square feet. [...]
Richard Dawkins as an "enthusiast"
On Becky’s blog she is quoting Richard Dawkins who makes the claim that he may be passionate but is not a fundementalist. No, please, do not mistake passion, which can change its mind, for fundamentalism, which never will. Passion for passion, an evangelical Christian and I may be evenly matched. But we are not equally [...]
Off the top of my head
Some things that could have been full posts but I haven’t had time to write about them… Brady Quinn will not be the second coming of Rick Mirer. Rick Mirer ran Lou Holtz‘s option and run based offence while Brady just spent two years running the New England Patriots offence and being coached by the [...]
Ecclessial Mercenaries
Soon after the Church of the Exiles website went live, I started to get some e-mails in asking me who was funding our little church plant. I think everyone assumed that either Resonate or the Free Methodist Church in Canada (through the Life Cycle Project) was funding it. They were shocked to find out that [...]
Jared Siebert in town
Last night those of us from the Church of the Exiles core group went out for dinner with the Life Cycle Project’s Jared Siebert. Jared was part of the team that planted the Next Church in Kingston and now working for the Free Methodist Church in Canada helping churches do whatever it is that they do.It was a [...]
Cultivate Gathering :: Leadership
Over at Resonate Audio,Jared Siebert from the Free Methodist Church in Canada and the Life Cycle Project is talking about leadership at the Cultivate Gathering. Jared learned his craft while planting Next Church in Kingston and now as life as a denominational stooge. Technorati Tags : Resonate, Cultivate+Gathering, emerging+church, leadership, Jared+Siebert
