If the overall umbrella of the Christian life is that full engagement comes only with full surrender, and full engagement in life requires transformation of…
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Fully Engaged – Romans 12-16
Well, after hearing a couple of pastoral “confessions” yesterday1 🙂 how do you respond to the challenge to be “fully engaged” in your Christian spirituality? …
View More Fully Engaged – Romans 12-16Small Group Strategy
I just finished reading an article about Small Group Strategy, in which the author (Jim Egli), suggested that many churches have misunderstood the purpose of…
View More Small Group StrategyFace to Face – Judges 6:11-24
Yesterday, Garth taught us about the life of Gideon, and we explored the context of his spirituality and his “face to face” encounter with God. …
View More Face to Face – Judges 6:11-24Groundswell – Who Goes Online?
I just finished reading Groundswell (Harvard Business Press), and in the book, the authors provide some interesting statistics as they relate to if/how people participate…
View More Groundswell – Who Goes Online?Face to Face – Deuteronomy 34:10-12
Welcome here! This posting is the start of a new online experiment at Westwood Church. Coming out of today’s teaching time (and after playing “I’ve…
View More Face to Face – Deuteronomy 34:10-12What Next?
Over on the Westwood website, I have posted some brief, basic steps that can be used as a guideline for “following God”, no matter where…
View More What Next?Christian Spirituality
This fall, I will be teaching an introductory course on Christian Spirituality at UNBC. Here is some information about the course, taken from the syllabus:…
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History and Literature of the Bible
This is my favourite course to teach (I have taught it in both churches and universities)!  Taken directly from the course syllabus: “Description and Scope – The…
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