Learning from a Pandemic

Dr. Pat Keifert of Church Innovations One of my favourite Missional Theology Yoda Masters is Dr. Pat Keifert of Luther Seminary. He would say there are two kinds of change: continuous change (e.g. from winter into spring) and discontinuous change, which is what we’re dealing with right now with the COVID-19 pandemic. Nothing about our …

My Babies

by Julie Walker I don't know how this happened. I feel like yesterday we had small children running around this house and today we have a house full of teenagers. Every single one of our children is a TEENAGER!! What has actually happened! This cannot be God's plan. All those runny nose, messy eating, midnight …

Beyond Betrayal

"Hosea and Gomer" by Cody Miller. Hosea 3:1-5 1 The Lord said to me, “Go, love your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.” 2 So I bought her for fifteen …

Re: Why Churches of Christ are Shrinking

I recently figured out how to get people to read my blog!  Two blog posts recently addressed the flagging fortunes of my tribe and got massive amounts of feedback – Good, bad and ugly.  So all I have to do is talk about the Churches of Christ disappearing and the readers will come!  🙂  I …

The Most Subversive Protest Yet

I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the gospel on display in Egypt. Christian churches were bombed by terrorists and the 90% of Egypt's population that is Muslim expressed their outrage by attending Christian Mass on Eastern Orthodox Christmas Day (Jan 7) to keep extremists from bombing again. I read today that on last …

God Must Break Us To Make Us

The prophet Jonah is an interesting study in grace. He is a man who was used by God to make a most outrageous statement about God's forgiveness of mankind. At the beginning of the book we find Jonah being called by God to deliver a message to Israel's sworn enemy, the Assyrians. Jonah was to …

Pray for Kate

I have been following the story of Kate McRae.  She is a five year old girl who was diagnosed with brain cancer last year. Family and friends have be praying diligently for her and they received a reprieve last week as tests came back showing a retreat in the cancer's advance. What a beautiful family …

We Make Promises, (And Promises Make Us)

In Mark 14: 66 - 72 Peter denies Jesus, and breaks a promise made to Jesus made earlier in the chapter. Peter had boldly proclaimed that he loved Jesus more than any of these other disciples and Jesus replied that before dawn he would deny that he even knew Him. Our identities are formed by …

Crucifying Each Other

First let's review; the gospel is: Jesus was born, lived a sinless life and died in order to satisfy the wrath of God for my sin, and to remove it once and for all. 1 John 2:2; 4:10 By absorbing the punishment for my sin Jesus has preserved God's honour as being truly just and …

More Love And Not More Words

Tim Tebow, quarterback of the Florida Gators has been making headlines this year with his passionate witness for his faith. He routinely writes Bible verses on his eye black patches (he's even promoting my blog!) The Toronto Star featured an article today about a battle brewing on the horizon. Tim Tebow and his mother Sam …