James Giroux

Bibles, hymn books replace carnival masks

admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:05:59 +0000

I saw this headline in the globe and mail’s online edition and obviously I had to check it out. What an incredible story. Honestly, it stirred some intense emotion in me as I read the story. You can read it here. It’s about how the people of Jacmel, instead of celebrating with carnivals are choosing [...]

No Mac Makes James’ Life Miserable.

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:01:12 +0000

So, for almost a week I was without my beautiful mac. It’s logic board died and it had to go to the hospital for repairs. It was the beginning of a banner week for me. Not only did I not have my mac but I also stabbed myself in the arm. It’s a long story, [...]

Fuel Preview

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:37:21 +0000

So tonight is our junior high program called Fuel and I am really excited. We’re doing something we haven’t done in a while, we’re using a pre-made curriculum package and so far it’s been pretty good. It’s called Get Your BUT Out Of The Way and it’s from Simply Junior High. We did week one [...]

Learning To Let Go

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:58:36 +0000

From time to time we all come to a point where no matter how hard we try, no matter how convincing our arguments or how much time and energy we invest in something or someone, we have to let go. It’s one of the worst parts of ministry, especially as it relates to people. The [...]

Superbowl XL…whatever

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:26:59 +0000

Well, the Superbowl is once again over and from now until the beginning of baseball the most important sport is hockey. Okay, I may be exaggerating, there’s still basketball and I know a lot of people would choose it over hockey but I’m not one of them. Anyway, this year’s superbowl was a lot of [...]

Think Orange – Chapter 5 Review

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:01:25 +0000

This entry is part of a multi-blog effort at elementalcm.com amongst many different church leaders and thinkers. For the complete series, visit elementalcm.com. I have the unenviable task of writing a review on a poem. Lucky me! Before I get there though I have a few comments on the chapters that precede it. [...]

ChurchMetrics.com

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:20:37 +0000

So, it’s resource Thursday again and this week I have something for the administrator in all of us. It’s something that I’ve been using for a while to track attendance and it’s been a huge asset to us. ChurchMetrics.com is a free resource for churches looking to track multiple campuses, multiple services, volunteers/attendees and [...]

Bedlam 2010

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:13:12 +0000

Over the last two weekends I’ve had the great experience of being at Bedlam, a junior high retreat put on by our district. It amazes even now how such a simple formula can consistently pump out incredible results. Our students always come back energized and motivated and sometimes even transformed by the experience. God shows [...]

Lifechurch.tv – Open Resources

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:09:24 +0000

Lifechurch.tv has some great sermon series resources available and so this thursday’s resource freebie is from there. Check it out.

A Great Story

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:27:04 +0000

I like vimeo and it seems that vimeo likes me too because they continue to reveal great art and excellence in film making. Here’s another one if you’re interested. Shaped, Coloured (Happy Christmas) from VsTheBrain on Vimeo.