If you are a small church pastor, we want to give you the gift of a few days away in a quiet setting where you can be refreshed. This retreat is designed especially for the leader of a small church…
Leadership In A Small Church
http://clipart-library.com/clipart/14499.htm At the moment I feel like I have more than enough challenges in my life to keep me busy. Knowing that, however, I have decided to take on one more. In my spare time over the next couple of…
I Have A Dream
http://clipart-library.com/clipart/760406.htm I had a reason the other day to go back through all of the blogs that I have written over the years. As I read these past editions, I was struck by one entry in particular. It challenged…
Past, Future, Present
I recently attended the fiftieth anniversary celebration of Grace Bible Chapel in Parkhill, ON. I served as pastor there for eight wonderful years. I was grateful that they invited me back and allowed me to be part of the celebration.…
Is The Minimum Ever Enough
A young man came to Jesus one day and asked him an important question: “What must I do to have eternal life?”. What do I have to do to meet the minimum standards in order to live forever? Peter came…
What About The Lions
“Would you tell him about the lions?” I heard that question asked once in an interview with Bill Hybels and Dallas Willard. They were talking about one of Willard’s books entitled The Great Omission and in the midst of that…
The Importance of Planting Seeds
I grew up on a one hundred acre farm but for most of my childhood. As a child I loved having a hundred-acre play ground with a bush lot, creek, sand pit and lots of hills of every shape and…