James Giroux

Tripp and Tyler

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:09:00 +0000

So, these are two guys from the whole North Point / Catalyst world who are really funny. They hosted Catalyst this year and did a fantastic job. They are sort of like the younger version of the skit guys. Anyway, their videos are hilarious and I like them a lot. Check them out at trippandtyler.tv.

Bedlam 2012

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:16:04 +0000

Wow! Hard to believe Bedlam is now over but what an incredible experience. The first time I’ve been able to communicate to middle schoolers in that way and it was awesome! I loved all the people I met and the great conversations. Thanks for listening and being a part of the Bedlam experience. I think [...]

My Boy Is Here!

admin — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:34:18 +0000

Wow, I can’t believe it’s been so long since I last posted on the site. This is just a quick update to say how excited I am about our son Ewen. He’s been incredible. Still keeps us up at night but today, he smiled at me, for the first time, on his own, without gas! [...]

Kickoff Week

admin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:21:15 +0000

Wow. What a great week! I was blown away by the number of students that joined us for both our high school and middle kickoffs this week. It’s been an exciting journey getting to kickoff week and even though our high school kickoff didn’t go exactly as planned it was still fun. We had hoped [...]

Where God Is Leading Me

admin — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:24:31 +0000

Wow. The past month or so has been amazing. I have been working with a group of 16-year-olds in an intensive leadership development program. I’ve had the opportunity to share some thoughts with them, watch several of them make key decisions in their life about the role Jesus will play in their future and had [...]

When Fear Takes Over

admin — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 02:44:39 +0000

I had an interesting conversation with a young adult recently who talked about a sibling of theirs who was afraid to wear nice clothes or be fashionable because they were worried someone might think they were gay. Wow. Talk about a wake up call. Because of my personal investment in the life of this sibling [...]

“The Talk” Is Coming

admin — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:08:54 +0000

So, over the last couple of months our middle school program has just about doubled in size from the beginning of the year. It’s something we’re excited about but also challenged by as our number of leaders is pushed to their limit and our standard of excellence suffers a little. We’re hoping to address all [...]

Systems Change Behaviours

admin — Mon, 09 May 2011 18:32:16 +0000

“Systems change behaviours.” – Andy Stanley That simple quote has meant a lot over the last number of weeks as the post-Drive Conference energy continues. Over the last number of weeks our team of leaders here has been working behind the scenes on many of the systems that make up how we do ministry. It’s [...]

It’s A Boy!

admin — Thu, 05 May 2011 15:25:19 +0000

Well, I am fresh back from our first ultrasound for our first child and, yep, it’s a boy! My excitement is in overdrive at this news. So many thoughts and dreams and emotions all sort of bubbling up right now at the possibilities and future for this little guy. The prayers have already been fierce [...]

Drive Conference 2011

admin — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 03:27:47 +0000

So, this past week I got the chance to hang out in Alpharetta, GA at North Point Community Church for their annual ministry conference called Drive. All I can say right now is that it was the most inspiring, practical and helpful conference I’ve been to. Better than the Leadership Summit, better than Catalyst. I [...]