John Hain @ Pixaby What happens when twenty-nine leaders get together to talk about small churches? Last week we discovered the answer to that question. Last Tuesday and Wednesday, at the Guelph Bible Conference Center, leaders from across Canada came…

http://clipart-library.com/clipart/484.htm Who knew that a simple visit with my sister would have such a profound impact on my family? As soon as I walked through the front door, my sister informed me that they had a test for me to…

On the bulletin board in my office I have a quote from Henry Cloud’s book Integrity. He talks about entering an office eighteen years before he wrote the book and seeing a large sign on the wall. It read: No…

A couple of weeks ago I attended a conference in Hamilton sponsored by a church movement called True City. As it has in the past, True City challenged me that churches are more effective working together than they are serving…

Photo by Josh Appel on Unsplash In his excellent book The Call: Finding and Fulfilling The Central Purpose of Your Life, Os Guinness makes the following statement: “As followers of Christ we are called to be before we are called…

Photo by Vince Fleming on Unsplash When I was 17 years of age, one of our youth leaders made what I thought was a crazy suggestion. She thought it would be a good idea if our youth group led a…

In 1897 Johnson Oatman, Jr. wrote what would become a classic hymn. It appeared in many of the hymn books that were used before power point became popular. It was a hymn that encouraged people in the midst of difficult…

chris-lawton-unsplash.jpg While working out of my office in my basement today, I have heard my wife taking down the Christmas decorations. I am always a little bit sad when the Christmas season ends and for us it ends when the…

nordwood-themes-1066398-unsplash.jpg This entry is being sent out on January 2nd, the second day of a brand new year. I love New Year’s Day because it provides a new beginning in which I can start everything anew. I’m like you. This…

At some point every Christmas my mother would see the short form (Xmas) for Christmas and she would become upset. It was always followed by a statement that our culture was trying to take Christ out of Christmas. Her complaint…