Maestro Man

3 ways to improve your own serving

I’m switching gears into the realm of serving and areas that people serve in the context of worship teams. Today – a 3 point post on how to improve your serving. Future posts will be specific to serving in particular areas. Let’s get to it: 1. It’s not about you. The more you can remember [...]

3 Better Ways To React To A Hostile Situation

We’ve all been there – hostile accusations are flying & we are the receiver. What do you do? Here are 3 ways to react better when placed in this tough position: 1. Post phone if possible. Ask if you could deal with this at a decided upon time in the future; the time often reduces [...]

3 Ways To Tackle Conflict Head-on

Most people don’t like conflict, and often avoid it at all costs until it’s unavoidable. Often this is at the worst possible time & things have escalated really high by then. What is interesting is that conflict is natural, productive and doesn’t need to be a big, scary “blow-up”. Here are 3 ways to tackle [...]

3 Ways To Gain Respect As A Leader

What leader doesn’t want to be respected? Here’s 3 ways to help that & keep it high. 1. Do what you say you’re going to do. If you don’t follow through on what you promised or said you’d do, you open the door for disrespect. 2. Admit your mistakes. Never owning your own failings; blaming [...]

3 Ways To Empower People More

As a leader of both staff & volunteers I need to empower people often or nothing would ever get done – because I’d have to try to do it all. So, how do you empower people more. 1. Give them the proper tools. Sounds simple, but it’s hard to build a database without a computer… [...]

3 Ways To Get More Done In A Work Day

Assumptions: 1. You work (paid or un-paid) 2. You want to accomplish more. Here’s the 3 Ways: 1. Make a To Do list. Yep, that way you know what exactly you have to accomplish – comes in super handy when we get to number 3. 2. Take breaks, including lunch (includes snacks). Breaks (physical & [...]

3 Ways To Write A Blog

So, I’m a survivor of Blogging for 2 years now. I can’t say I’m a model-blogger, cause I’m not. So, why would you read a 3 ways to write a Blog post from me?? There is a twist. Ready? Wait for it? Here it is: I’m starting a new blog initiative – a series that [...]

Spring is here!

It’s above zero. It’s double digits around here today – good times. I’ve been hard at work creating a new series for my blog – many thanks to my IT guy here at work to help fix some issues with my blog. Wait for new content in your in-box soon.

Do We REALLY believe?

As we embark on a new year – I’ve been thinking. Do we believe the way we think we do? Do we REALLY expect God to work in our lives & the lives of those around us? Do we EXPECT it? In my life – I can say that I haven’t always but I am [...]

Christmas Time: Love

I think most would agree that this time of year is abound with love. I mean, it’s hard to argue that God didn’t love us – since he sent His Son to be born and then die for our sins …. That’s Love. But, for many, this season doesn’t always represent Jesus’ Love – in [...]

Christmas Time: Joy

Joy is a word often associated with Christmas. And it should be. It’s also week 3 of Advent. Joy. Jesus brings Joy. Great Joy – actually, that’s what it says in Luke 2 – the Angel says tiding of “great Joy”. So – are you feeling or experiencing “great Joy”? Why not? Here’s some reasons [...]

Christmas Time: Peace

On this second weekend of Advent we are to light the candle that represents Peace. Peace? Really, I mean, when was the last time your Christmas was Peaceful? Even the first Christmas seemed absent of Peace…. didn’t it?? Or, is there something we are overlooking? I think there is. Check out this passage. “For to [...]

Christmas Time: Hope

So, as we now in Advent for 24 hours or so, I thought it’d be good to talk about that. I realize that the second week of Advent is all about Light, and the first week is Hope, but it was easier to find a photo of lights – at least I used Hope in [...]

Blog topics: what’s relevant- & does that matter?

It’s been so long since I’ve done this the App has changed . Which brings me to my overall topic today: my blog. I love this thing – but I am a little dried up as to what to write about. See, I love to talk (type) but every once in a while I wonder [...]

Chicago – The 2 different “to do” lists

In this post I will share some brief thoughts on my recent family vacation to Chicago. Yes, we drove. It was long, about 12 hours including stops for my kids. It was windy, and cold, and rained 5 of 7 days. We had car troubles – on the way home, on a busy Interstate. [...]

Learning requires action

So, this post will seem like a tiny little thought compared to many of my posts. A simple conversation fueled this post. Learning has to have “doing or action” as part of the process, or it’s just “head knowledge”. Application is necessary to really learn & be one who “does” whatever that skill is. If [...]

What exactly is the Artist In Residence program all about?

I know many people have thought the Artist In Residence program is a great idea. But many have also asked a simple albeit relevant question – “Well, what exactly is the goal of this program?” Please read this statement produced by our first Resident, Sylvia Woods – who shares her thoughts on the program, followed [...]

Creative Arts Director 2.0 – The Artist In Residence Program launching Sept 2011

As we slowly make our way through summer – I have been laying plans in anticipation of the fall. This fall my role – as the Creative Arts Director – is expanding. In addition to the role I have had – overseeing the worship team volunteers & heading up the team that creates and carries-out [...]

I was thinking…

I will be honest – which is basically all I am if you know me at all by now – that I get tired & lazy sometimes. I do. But most of the time I am thinking. I mean this quite truthfully. I am thinking sometimes when people are trying to talk to me – [...]

Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Pt.2 – A movie review

Without being too lengthly – and without adding “noise” to the conversation – I wish to add my review of this film in hopes of maybe enlightening you beyond “it was good”. Read on if you want to know more. Firstly, I am a fan of the Harry Potter series – books firstly, movies second. [...]

Summer Reading (more like Spring to Fall Reading….)

Here is a brief – very brief of some since I’m not done them – review of the 7 books I’m undertaking over the summer months – which means books I started in May and hope to finish sometime before November If you are curious – or if you are new to my blog – [...]

Summer Listening

So, as is normal, I managed to pick-up a number of new discs before the summer and am now getting around to listening to them. Here’s my review of them, in no particular order. Get your iTunes account ready – you’ll want to grab some of these ASAP – here we go! The House You’re [...]

A Series Of Posts On Worship: Why & What Do You Rehearse?

So, we probably all rehearse. In fact, I’m willing to say we ALL rehearse something – we might just be the ones who rehearse “winging it” or the spiritual equivalent “being moved by the spirit”. Some of us do that. Some don’t. Some of us have stop watches that document our exact length of songs [...]

A series of posts on Worship: Why have a worship music team?

Lots of great reasons…. I can honestly say that music is a heavenly thing – and it’s use in worship is a biblical thing. Lets dig into the history a bit. Let me take you back, way back…. So there was creation. It was an incredible act of creativity. God did His thing and whamoo [...]

A Series of posts on Worship: Worship in church

Worship in church is an incredibly broad and sweeping topic – so I’ll get right to it. Our worship services are ALL about WORSHIP – every part of them being an act or an opportunity to WORSHIP. Nothing is exempt. If it IS exempt in your mind, or in the mind of your pastor or [...]

A Series of Posts on Worship: Worship as life style

Worship is pretty neat thing. Something we rarely acknowledge is that it isn’t completely segregated to 1 hr on Sunday or a particular music style. Worship is BIGGER. Much bigger. If you’ve read my blog before you will know that I feel strongly about this and that I have written about this before. Romans 12 [...]

Dr appointments Pt 2, or 3….

So, my youngest son has been waiting for a follow-up appointment at Sick Kids in Toronto. It was cancelled while we were Enroute to TO for that appointment. That is the 2nd time we’ve had this specialist need to cancel us the morning of – yep, twice in 6 months. I really like, respect and [...]

Stairway Pt. 2

So, on Nov. 30, 2009 I blogged about the song Stairway To Heaven which our Pastor made mention of in a message on that week – you can check out the post to see some back-story about me and the song Stairway. This morning we played that song as a prelude to our service – [...]

Lent: I am now starting to really Crave

So, a full 2 weeks in I am now really starting to crave the things I gave up – sweets. I am starting to see some benefits both spiritually and physically. So, on the one hand I’m glad but on the other hand I’m really starting to notice how great even a Hot Chocolate smells. [...]

Prayer: Do you do it?

I love prayer. Why? Well, to be perfectly honest, I need to be connected with God. But, to continue my honesty, I find it tough to pray as often as I should. There is always a really big list of things to pray about – how do I possibly find time to pray for ALL [...]

Learning: Do you believe??

Learning is something I believe in. Why? Because I believe that’s how we grow. Either as a musician, carpenter or in our faith. Do you believe in learning? If you do – great. If you don’t – why? Do feel things are beyond you? Are you just too busy or pre-occupied to bother? Are you [...]

Awkward Moments

Well, we’ve all had them. But why? None of us want them. In fact, we try to avoid them. How? Why? What’s the big deal. Having now lived 36 + years I’ve had a number of awkward moments. I actually feel that as I’ve gotten older (whoooah, did I just type that) I have fewer [...]

If I Am The Leader – Who Do I Serve?

Makes you think, doesn’t it? I get comments all the time. Comments like, “Well, it’s your job to find the volunteers…it’s your job to play in the band if we are short a person…it’s your job to be really good musically…it’s your job to be prepared at rehearsal and know what’s going on… Etc etc.” [...]

If worship is what we do…

If worship is what we do, then how far does that go? Is worship what we do on Sundays? in church? singing songs? No, worship is more. Way more. Worship is how we live. Interactions with people. How we spend, save and tithe. How we are when no-one but God is watching us. How we [...]

The world according to my cat

Well – after years of saying that the only way I’d end up having a cat is by dying and ending up in Hell (which is where I was convinced all cats would be) our family got a cat – Rory- on Friday. And you know what? I’m already learning from the cat. Here’s 5 [...]

Worship: down-time or movin’ up?

So, we all worship. And those of us who serve in churches on worship teams (music teams that worship in services), we talk about worship all the time. But is worship a thing that is movin’ you up towards God or is it connecting w/people down in the seats and serving them; helping them to [...]

Do you prepare?

I am a preparation person. I like to be prepared. I value time to prepare. But some don’t. I don’t get that. So, here are my short but sweet thoughts on preparation. If you didn’t prepare, do you care if anybody does? I figure I put in what I expect others to put in. So, [...]

The question of practice…?

As a musician I understand the value of practice. As a church music leader I know the value of practice. As a worshiper, I understand the value of practice. But sometimes those around me, or those I lead, or even those in some different ministry environments don’t value or understand the value of practice and [...]

The tough call

Being a leader is like making an endless series of choices. Some of them are fairly straight-forward, but some of them are tough. In my position as the Creative Arts Director I’ve learned that a week rarely goes by without at least one tough call, sometimes there are multiple tough calls going on at multiple [...]

Sometimes the best thing to do…

I am thinking that the best thing to do sometimes is the “worst” thing to do at others. That’s downright confusing- especially if you are a younger person, lacking experience and wisdom and discernment to help you decide. When is it “always” the best move to do something? Answer: when it involves you asking/ submitting [...]

Electricity: can’t live without it??

So, I’m pretty much not a Mr. Fix It. I’m a Mr. Break It actually – a much more accurate title for me. I go for the hammer and screw-driver before anything and I tend to have minimal success this way – just enough success to keep me grabbing them and creating problems often. But [...]

Julie & Julia – what can we learn from this?

Well, if you happen to live in a cave or under a rock you may not know about the phenom of the film Julie & Julia—an experiment made book and film. Julie Powell cooked her way through Julia Childs book Mastering The Art of French Cooking in one year – and blogged about that experience. [...]

Feeling bad – shortlived, but pretty intense

Ever notice how quickly we get sick, and then sometimes just as quickly we are felling well again? What contributes is how solid your system was before you caught the “sick”. See, if you are in good health prior to exposure you may recover faster. But if you are run-down and already weak you may [...]

A week off – oh, how heavenly it was :-)

I will be returning to regular blogging now – after my week off. The time off was great – allowed me to totally un-plug from lots of things and helped me to re-connect with my family – yeah! Talk to all of you soon!

Merry Christmas!

I wanted to briefly say “Merry Christmas” to all of you out there. Please come by Lakeside this season and catch one of our Christmas Eve services (Dec 23rd at 7pm, Dec 24 and 3, 5 & 7 pm) The title this year is Promises, Promises and has a great relevance that can apply and [...]

The Wonderful World of Cars

If you think I’m going to write about Lightning McQueen and Mater, you’re sadly mistaken – sorry. I was rear-ended last Monday. So I spent the better part of last week dealing with my insurance agent, an insurance adjuster, another insurance company, a police officer, two body shops and car rental place. Then I got [...]

Is Jesus comparible to Coffee?

Now that I got you – what do you think? Coffee-Jesus – comparison? Well – here I go – my thoughts on this: I can worship both – although I really shouldn’t I get a warm feeling inside from both I often feel lost or disoriented without both I tend to dwell (think about) both [...]

How quickly do you “get over it.”?

Well – now that our first Christmas Eve rehearsal is over I have lots to look forward to. But – true to form – the first rehearsal wasn’t without issues or conflict. What impressed me the most this year was how quickly we were able to “get over it” and move forward. How did we [...]

Being sick…

This will be short. Why? Because I am sick. I have a sore throat – and when I cough hard I get yucky yellow stuff…well, let’s not give away all the details. Why do we get sick? It’s a annoyance. Thing is – it biological – and once the body is compromised it takes some [...]

Never Let Me Go – a movie review

I really didn’t know anything about this film before I saw it. I’m glad – as it made the utter beauty and complete 100% amazement at this film more real and compeletely wonderful. Why did I like it so much? It was completely orginal in how it presented an idea. Let me explain. See – [...]

‘Tis The Season…Are you Ready?

I must admit that the photo I picked for today is more likely to happen in a month from now – but I am preparing myself psychologically – because if I don’t I will be shocked! Why? I have lived here my whole life – why would I be shocked??? Because – if I don’t [...]

Kids Stuff – to sign-up or not?

So, I’ve got two kids. They are 6 & 4. They are getting into organized activities- and I’m beginning to get kinda overwhelmed. See – there are tons of choices for my kids ago group – TONS! But what should we do? What do the kids like? What skills do they need? What is just [...]

Christmas is coming…soon…

As I type this I am about to sort through my music for Christmas Eve services at Lakeside. Our first rehearsal is exactly two weeks from today. At that rehearsal we need to actaully go over and have a good working of all the music, as future rehearsals focus on tech and then pulling all [...]

Dr. appointments…

I really don’t mind going to the doctor- for me. I embrace the fact that they more than likely know more about my illness than I do. Let me re-phrase that. They more than likely know how to help my illness more than I do – but they actually don’t KNOW more about my illness [...]

How He Loves – Yeah, He Loves Us

John Mark McMillan wrote a song called How He Loves. We did it today at Lakeside. What follows are some thoughts about this song -it’s truth and it’s impact on everything. 10 How He Loves I can distinctly remember where I was I first heard the chous of this song. Joel Auge had added the [...]

Leadership Re-thunk

Over the past week I’ve experienced some pretty intense leadership scenarios – all of which had a level confrontation. Tons of people don’t like confrontation – I am convinced to be a good leader requires an amount of being able to initiate that confrontation – but also the ability to confront while listening – all [...]

REFUEL-I’m A Spiritual Loser

I started reading a new book – Re-Fuel, by Doug Fields. The first chapter is called I’m A Spiritual Loser – in which he declares this humble statement – based on how he has for years been un-able to have daily connection with God through a “devotion or quiet-time”. He is a Pastor. The chapter [...]

Inspiring: New Creative Music

So, what inspires you? For me – it’s something really creative – in a different way, that is pretty much avant garde. That’s the way I felt listening to a few CD’s recently – Be Quiet – Rita Springer (www.ritaspringer.com ). Beautiful Things – Gungor (www.gungormusic.com Church Music – David Crowder* Band (www.davidcrowderband.com and Yahweh [...]

What Church Can Learn From McDonalds

So, before you think I’m going to suggest that “bigger is better” – I’m not. As I hang out in this McDonalds today w/ my kids as they play in the “giant” play-area, I have had time to mull-over the whole experience I’ve had here. Let’s take the first impressions. You enter – things are [...]

Laides & Gentlemen, Start Your Engines!

So, Halloween is now behind us. Now what? Christmas – that’s what! See, our consumeristic society is already moving on to the next “holiday season”. The sad thing is – so many people don’t really even celebrate the real reason of the season. I am convinced that 100% of people know “about” the reason – [...]

Trouble and worship: what’s the relationship?

So, what am I talking about today? Trouble. See, trouble is a weird thing. We have “trouble” and it “troubles” us and we falter and get into “trouble” and then we don’t want to be any “trouble” and before we know it we are in big trouble – if you know what I mean. Let [...]

Creativity: Planned or spontaneous?

Well – here is one of the great debates: can creativity be planned or must it be spontaneous? Answer: Both. Neither is better than the other – although there are benefits and draw backs to each. Planning allows for greater prep and potential of greater yield – but not always. Spontaneous allows things to happen [...]

Halloween 2.0

Is Halloween something we can shift into modern times? Absolutely. Should we? Well, that’s a question that really can’t be answered – but the truth is it has evolved. My children’s costumes are still conventional fare – a skeleton and Darth Vader respectively. But the events – the amount, frequency and overall “big deal” made [...]

Creativity: Case Study

Ok- here is a rubber-hits-the-road type of post. In the past 72 hours I have spent 12 focused hours (spread over 2 days) in the creative process – both instances being songwriting days. On Saturday we had our second Lakeside Songwriting Day and today I was privileged enough to be a part of Worship Rises. [...]

Creativity: Inspiration vs. Perspiration Pt.2

Today I have copied my notes from the Christian Musician Summit I attended in May 2010 in Buffalo, NY. I attended a number of songwriting sessions – all of them dealt with creativity. My first session with with none other than Vicky Beeching – acclaimed worship leader from the Vineyard church of England and writer [...]

Creativity: Inspiration vs. Perspiration

Ok – rather than talk about what I had planned – I am going to try something totally different. I going to ask you to watch something and then we can talk – deal. Here is the link http://youtu.be/86x-u-tz0MA?a – it’s about 20 min – grab a coffee and sit and enjoy – let the [...]

What’s In A Blog?

So – I’m writing a blog about blogging. Why? Because I wonder about this myself. What should I be writing about? Who is the audience – what should be the focus? To answer this: this blog is mine and it’s intended for those who care about things that I care about (or even for those [...]

Holidays – a time to re-connect and un-plug all at once.

So, my family and I spent the last three days in Collingwood with my wife’s family at a time share – close to hiking/walking trails as well as having an outdoor pool. We partook in all of that. We brought our food to make and had some great meals – including Turkey sandwhiches and mac [...]

Serving – is it about what you do or what you get out of it?

This is another tough one for me. See -both things are good. It’s good to help others and use your gifts and give of yourself. It is also good to receive something from that (gratification-good feelings-spiritual growth etc.) The problem is that sometimes people get these things interchangable and they aren’t – one of them [...]

Bringing your Best – or just showing up?

Malachi 1:12-13 take a moment and read this. Done? Now read vs 14. I love verse 14 – very convicting “Cursed is the cheat who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but then sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord. For I am a great King” says the Lord Almighty [...]

Can you say “Christmas”?

Yep, I bet you can. I can. You know why? Because I was part of our first Christmas Eve planning meeting today. Know what? It was absolutely one of the best meetings we’ve ever had about Christmas Eve. Loved the intensity, the fun, the laughter and the overall progress. Why was this meeting so good? [...]

Flexible

So, I am breaking from the serving topic to focus on something that was brought to my attention today. I was told by my spouse that I wasn’t being flexible when it came to parenting our kids. See, I pride myself on being open and a listener to ideas and input – but I’ll be [...]

Serving – When I want or more of a sacrifice?

Here is a “hot-button” type thing regarding serving. In our culture today – things are “your way”. I buy into this. When I go fast-food eating I want to alter the “combo” and get it customized to fit my compelte desire (for the cheapest price). Some people treat serving that way. The Bible says that [...]

Serving – Gifts vs. Heart (no talent)

Serving is such a strange thing. Really. Think about it. You give something, or do something that people usually or in different places actaully PAY for. Yep. That’s serving. But what about serving with your gifts and talents – is that necessary, or is it merely good enough to be “doing a good work” even [...]

Anyway – why living matters

Ok – so rather than talking about serving today I’d rather talk a bit about our service today. Why? Because it reminded me about somerthing that we all can take for granted – living. Not just existing or “doing life” but living – really living FOR something. We dealt with the topic of what happens [...]

Serving – motives are pure?

I am sure that some of you are wondering what I am going to say about serving. People tend to want to know my viewpoint on serving – since I lead a fairly large team of people who serve at Lakeside. I am planning on doing at least the next few Blog entries on this [...]

Real World Stuff

OK – so the image I have chosen is somewhat silly and not really important other than it had the word “real” in it. The fact that Wendy’s thought they could/should/needed to define “real” is another entuire Blog entry for another day. This entry is more about real life – and the real world – [...]

We’re Ba-ack!!!

Hello, and welcome to the begining of the coolest ride you’ll ever take. I’ll be your host for the next few paragraphs on this adventure we like to call…LIFE! Seems like everything hit a new “fever pitch” today for me - in good ways but also in a pace that was a bit nutty – in [...]

Camping-The Final Frontier

I am just going to come out and say it – I like camping. I never really camped as a kid – unless you count one week in a tent-trailer with my neighbours ( and staying at the Holiday Inn with my parents!). We are attempting a camping trip this weekend – the second adventure [...]

Light

Ok – so I’ve have a pretty great 24 hours. Brief recap – spent a few hours yesterday at the Waterloo Children’s Museum w/ my family- then dropped my kids w/ the in-laws and drove to connect w/our Lead Pastor and his wife who are friends of ours. We then went out for a nice [...]

Are you a learner – or not?

With back-to-school is full-swing in the retail world I thought this would be an appropriate title. I read a tweet/blog yesterday by Stephen Brewster called Gardeners or Mechanics? and it got me thinking about this whole idea of learning. Stephen sort of implied that you were a mechanic or a gardener (mechanic = reacter and fixer; [...]

LOST – & FOUND

So, I’ve now seen all the DVD special features and watched many of the episodes over again – I have more perspective which has garnished more understanding for me and more acceptance of the things that aren’t answered (that I wanted answers for). Here is a brief list of some the things I’ve been processing [...]

LOST – Some of my first reactions to the Finale

Ok – if you know me a bit you will know I have become a fan (fan is short for fanatic, you know…?) of LOST and have been watching the 6th and final season on DVD this past week. Last night my lovely wife and I finished it. Now, there is supposedly a “bonus” feature [...]

Holidays – sand and water and their Amazing relationship!

It sounds funny to even suggest that summe is coming close to ending – but the truth is that 3 short weeks from now is the official Fall ”launch” weekend at Lakeside which we call Welcome Back Sunday. So – I’m going on my last few days of holidays with my family to the beach starting [...]

It’s Your Life

We played a song today at Lakeside called It’s Your Life by Francesca Battistelli – the lyrics follow: This is the moment It’s on the line Which way you gonna fall? In the middle between Wrong and right But you know after all It’s your life What you gonna do? The world is watching you [...]

Chill

So I’m currently in a state I will refer to henceforth as “chill”. What is chill? It’s when things aren’t OK – you have challenges, struggles and strife but you are able to not be burdened by them – they don’t weigh you down into a state of inert-ness. How you get to the chill state? I [...]

How do you measure a year?

If you are a fan of RENT: The Musical -then you may know the answer. Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes – that’s how you measure a year. Well – I don’t exactly measure years that way. Why am I thinking about this, you may ask? On this past week I celebrated yet [...]

Yes – I’m back – Due to technical difficulties

So – technology is neat – and sort of crappy all at once. It has a way of almost “taking over” the thing it interacts with. Let me explain… For example – take music. We almost can’t think of music these days with associating it with an iPod, or the device in-which we can transport [...]

Father’s Day 2010 – a re-cap

It seemed like everything I was looking for yesterday didn't meet my expectation. Look at the graphic I choose. Now read below to understand the significance of it.

Why do you want Him?

It's been a little while since my last blog post - sorry for that. Things seem to ebb and flow and the last two and half weeks contained lots of ebb. I've begun to read Forgo

Lego – what a cool thing!

OK - so it's the long weekend and I am going to lighten-up my blog for this one.

Reflections on a conference-CMS @ The Chapel

I love conferences. I mean that. I just really love being around a bunch of like-minded people - but having the diversity amongst us - and this conference was no different. I

Chptrs 15-20 – Ancient – the conclusion of the book

Well - I finsihed this great book - and actually started into another great book this morning - but let's not get ahead of ourselves - I need to fill you in on what the big conclusion of Finding Ou

Missional pracitices – cycles we get stuck and movin’ on past them Chptrs 12-14

Missional practices unify and bind together all the other pracitces we've talked about so far - in fact they form a triangle with the other two practices (communal and contemplative) and all three

Contemplative and Communional practices – Chptrs 10-11

I love it when things in my world all seem to collide in a good way - in a harmonious way - where instead of reading two books about different things I ended up reading two books abou the same

A Pause…..

I wanted to take a pause today. In the Bible, in the book of Psalms, a pause is signified by the word Selah.

So join me today as I selah.

Finding Our Way Again Chptrs 8-9 – World views and practices

This book is challenging me and has me thinking quite a lot.

Finding Our Way Again – Chptr 4-7 – Jesus – Paul and Sharing

Mclaren is a great teller of story and a great thinker. He does a great job of tackling the "Jesus" topic and how for so mnay people Jesus isn't just a name - but a stumbling block

Finding Our Way Again – Chptr 3 – The Genesis of Practice

This chapter dives into the story of Abraham, or Abram, as he was known firstly. McLaren does a great job of giving us the story in a way that's drawing us to the pracitces he is pulling us b

Finding Our Way Again – Chptrs 1&2

This is a great book so far. McLaren reminds and challenges the reader right out of the blocks that if we aren't alive that were dead - meaning that if we aren't truly living - then we should