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Like it or not, your leadership is temporary

mark February 16, 2015 No Comments

“Every pastor is an interim pastor.” That bold statement is the opening sentence of Next: Pastoral Succession That Works. It is true for public, private,…

#DailyMatthew Biblical Studies Church Life

Matthew 15 – Fiddler on the Roof

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Day 15 of #DailyMatthew. Okay, I’m going to sound old here, but … do you remember the movie Fiddler on the Roof? A classic, in…

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History of the Church in Prince George

mark November 7, 2014 No Comments church prince george

With Prince George’s 100th Anniversary looming on the horizon, I recently started to think about the history of churches in Prince George, and I quickly…

Church Life Leadership

Leadership and Fish Vomit

Leadership is weird. On one hand, being a strategic part of proactive and effective organizational transformation and change is exciting and invigorating. But on the…

Biblical Studies Church Life Spirituality

The Grand Narrative

mark June 4, 2013 1 Comment

Are you a person who sees the trees or sees the forest? In other words, do you gravitate toward individual pieces and details, or toward…

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What Makes a Human “Human”?

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Further to my talk on Genesis and Human Origins, here is the presentation that I used: What Makes a Human “Human” (and why it matters)…

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Can you Tweet in church? Apparently, you can!

mark August 30, 2012 No Comments Bible Christianity church Twitter

If you have followed me on Twitter lately, you know that Westwood Church has experimented with using Twitter as part of the Sunday morning services…

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Religious Resilience in Canada

mark July 31, 2012 1 Comment Canada Christianity demographics religion sociology spirituality statistics

I’ve written about the state of spirituality and Christianity in Canada before (click here), but Reginald Bibby has just released a fresh analysis called “A…