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The cell phone turned 40 years old this month. 40! How many cell phones have you owned? Actually count them. I’m at 5. How many of you have never owned a cell phone? Just one? Two? Three? Four? Five? Six? Seven? Anybody more than 10? So, here’s a video that shows a pivotal moment in …
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As a spiritual discipline for Lent, I work up early to pray. It was horrible. It was beautiful. It was comical. And I think, somewhere deep inside, it changed me. I started off each prayer time with centering prayer. Centering Prayer is a method of silent prayer that prepares us to receive the gift of …
Mike Yaconelli was one of the pioneers of contemporary youth ministry. He started a publishing company, wrote books and curriculum and travelled the world speaking to thousands of churches and youth workers and students. When he was about fifty years old, he read some of Henri Nouwen’s books on spirituality. And since Mike was kind …
Luke 19:28-44 My friend, Michael Hryniuk, has his PHD in Christian spirituality and Psychology, or something awesome like that. And he’s also a phenomenal spiritual director. And he tells the following the story. He was teaching a class of masters level students in Washington DC, and the students kept asking during class: “Is this going …
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I sent the following to everyone who emailed me, texted me, messaged me or commented on my blog… Thank you for your comments on my blog. I wasn’t exactly expecting to go “mini-viral” with it or to get so many comments and emails, so I’m sorry that you are getting a form letter instead of …
I am a pastor in Steinbach. Steinbach made headlines about Bill 18 recently. My letter to the editor of the Carillon was published. I was asked to be on CBC and CTV about that letter. This is my story. (As usual, internet conversations are often unhelpful. If you want to talk, I’ll pick up the …
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My son was born on February 28th at 8:20 pm. At that point, my wife had been having contractions for 36 hours, with a 12 hour break in the middle (long story). Because we weren’t expecting such a long labour (with a break in the middle), a bunch of our family had all gotten together …
Well, I did it. I joined the cacophony. I submitted the following to both the Carillon and the Free Press. My hope is that as we hold diverse opinions on diverse issues, that we can work together to create safe spaces, stop bullying, and work to keep kids alive. Sometimes internet comments and dialogues are …
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I think that many youth pastors don’t make the transition to being senior pastors for one of two reasons. The first reason is that they really love working with teenagers and youth ministry and the joys of retreats and mentoring kids and summer trips and gathering to share both food and lives every week in …
Through a variety of observations and conversations, I believe, we, as Mennonite Church Canada, have a lead pastor problem. When those love-able baby boomers ever decide to retire (at 67 now?), there are going to be a lot of churches looking for lead pastors. I know that our church conference pays people much smarter (and …
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