Studying Your Bible Does Not Make You a Disciple
A friend of mine studied classical Greek in college… a secular college. He wasn’t a Christian at the time. I know Pastor’s who tried to avoid studying classical Greek in college – I was one of them but failed to evade a class in Greek and Hebrew. When my friend did finally start his personal […]
Slack Tide
There is a time of calm at the shore when the tides are changing. It’s called slack tide. It is a time of transition. It is a time of little movement. It lacks the energy of the high tide with it’s waves and the regressing currents of low tide. It is just there. There are […]
Employment Fasting
There are a few terms I’ve used to describe my time between ministry positions. “Ministry Hiatus,” “The Land Between” (Thanks to Jeff Manion) and sometimes “H-E- Double hockey sticks” (yes my Canadian heritage shows though on this one). One day, while in that not so enjoyable time, the term “Employment Fast” came to me. I […]
Breaking the Silence
They say that silence is golden. For someone who blogs, not so much. Over the last couple of years, our family has been on a long up hill journey with God. Initially, I decided I would continue to share my thoughts. As part of the journey though, I reached a point where I decided to […]
Review: The Naked Truth About Small Group Ministry by @RGNeighbour
The title is catchy but the content is better! As the title implies, Neighbour points out many of the flaws in the common approaches to small group ministry in the North American church. He believes that the primary reason that group ministries suffer is that the North American culture of consumerism has impacted how we […]
