Father’s Day is always a bittersweet day for me, and this past one was no exception. While I celebrate the blessing of my three kids, I also spend some time reflecting on my late father Larry who passed away on October 11, 2004 when he suffered a heart attack on the 17th fairway at Burnaby [...]
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Knowing Your Father
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Gimme a Break!
When it comes to our youth ministry leaders, it’s a common tendency to fall into the mindset of “keeping them at all costs”. We fear losing them forever and we sometimes fail to see that it might be worth suffering some short-term pain for some long-term gain. There are many reasons why leaders leave ministry, [...]
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Calling Your Bluff
It started off innocently enough: my daughter Kayla and I were enjoying some quality daughter-father time when I noticed that she had left her Disney Princess Snakes and Ladders game (and all its pieces) scattered on the floor near my bed. I noticed because I stepped on one of the pieces (I think it was [...]
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Earning the Right to be Heard
Through my work in youth ministry, it’s become evident to me that the churches that have the strongest youth ministries are generally the ones that do the best relational ministry. As I’ve written about before, youth ministry is about people and not programs; we need to be interested in souls and not in attendance. And [...]
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