Every year for almost the last decade, Wendy, Mark and I have driven to Spiritwood for the Christmas Eve service. It was a fun drive up there but a long one back (if we had hit anything, we wouldn’t have been found until probably Boxing Day) in the middle of the night. This year we [...]
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Neuropathy is back
I found out yesterday that I can’t travel more than an hour anymore. Heading down and back to Toronto was pure agony physically but I kept wanting to blame other things. I am still paying for driving to Spiritwood and back yesterday. It wasn’t that long ago that I drove from Saskatoon to Edmonton back [...]
Sunday
Only two Sunday’s left in Spiritwood which is kind of hard to believe. The last two Sunday’s have featured some emotion and for those of you who are INTP’s out there, you know we are often called undeveloped-feelers so you know how easy that was. Last Sunday it was saying farewell to some good friends [...]
A new chapter
Years ago when I was at Lakeview, we used the idea of different chapter in the church’s life for a metaphor for a building project. It was called Chapter 6. To reuse the metaphor (I should have copyrighted it), when I quit Spiritwood, it is the close of one chapter of my life. On February 13th I [...]
1995 – 2006
Today church was a little different than normal as it was announced to the congregation that I had resigned as pastor of Lakeland Church after ten years of being their Sr. Pastor (technically I asked my Bishop to be released from my appointment and he granted my request). My last Sunday is February 12th, 2006. [...]
When Christmas Falls on Sunday, Megachurches Take the Day Off
The New York Times is reporting on megachurches deciding not to have a service on Christmas Sunday. Some of the nation’s most prominent megachurches have decided not to hold worship services on the Sunday that coincides with Christmas Day, a move that is generating controversy among evangelical Christians at a time when many conservative groups [...]
