I put this picture up on Social Media In September of 2019. Since then I’ve been doing lots of explaining. I’ve decided to put my thoughts into a blog post for those of you who are trying to figure this whole thing out. First things first, go on Amazon right Read more…
“If God knew all of this would happen why didn’t he just… not start it all.” That’s the question I hear from so many campers over the years. It’s a good question. It’s often hard to put the theology into words. I often feel this way when I do weddings. Read more…
One of the best things about working with teenagers is that they have new possibilities built into their lives on a regular basis. They don’t often get stuck in the unending life draining pattern of work/home/work home. They have change literally built into their scenarios on a fairly regular basis. Read more…
Back in my first church in Melfort, Saskatchewan I had a major accident. As a result of a really bad decision I found myself wondering if I would ever walk again. That youth night was turning out to be one of the greatest things I had ever done. Power to Read more…
I honestly cannot express how different I feel on a daily basis. It’s like I’m living a completely different life than the one I lived before. I live in the same house, I have the same kids but my outlook has changed so much. I’ve been trying and trying to Read more…
Create Something New Everyday Many, many years ago my friend Mike Perschon introduced me to Seventh Son: The tales of Alvin Maker volume one, a fiction book by Orson Scott Card. I really enjoyed the whole series but it was the first few books that truly captured my imagination. In Read more…
I find it difficult to put into words and clarify what God has been doing in my life over the last 6 months, or 8 months or… How far back does this go? I am so very grateful that God has chosen to give me the time to truly seek Read more…
When Semisonic wrote Closing Time in 1998 I’m sure they never intended for it to be played in a church. I’m fairly certain that they had no idea it would be the last song played at most of our youth nights. Great youth nights almost always require clean up. Tearing Read more…
II find in my life that God uses multiple methods to speak to me because I often don’t hear him clearly the first time. This journey of realization started a few weeks ago when I was cleaning out an old cabinet in my house. I was moving a bunch of Read more…
Broken Mortals Small Group Study Guide Broken Mortals has been available for over a month now and the reader’s responses have been very encouraging. A few of my readers have been asking if they can use it as a small group study. That’s a tremendous idea so I’m going to be Read more…