Posted in Devotional Thoughts, Family, tagged Church Leadership, faith, Family, Moncton on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
That was, without question, the longest break I’ve taken from writing here since I started this blog in the good old days.
Lots has happened:
Celebrated 19 years with the world’s most incredible woman.
My daughter turned into a teen ager.
My son hit double digits.
Closed in on 18 months out of pastoring a local congregation.
I’ve really been wrestling [...]
Posted in Devotional Thoughts, Leadership, tagged Costco, Devotional Thoughts, faith, Parenting, Taking Risks on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Back from a little thinking break…
Stopped by the Costco for a cheap and delicious hot dog lunch today. A young couple was sitting at the table next to me, and they had one of the cutest little guys! (I remember those days of trying to feed/entertain/nourish/preoccupy a three-year-old…)
I never try to intentionally eavesdrop, but I [...]
Posted in Devotional Thoughts, tagged Devotional Thoughts, faith, ministry, Moncton on March 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Phase One of the Collicott transmission from Saint John to Moncton is nearing completion. We have secured a house (yeah!) near a great school (double yeah!) and I’ve brought some essentials to the new office digs (triple yeah!).
This has been a trying past couple of weeks, with trying to find a place to live the [...]
Posted in Leadership, tagged attitude, faith, Leadership, positive thinking on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In this ’sabbatical’ of the last few weeks, I’ve taken time to re-read some notes form the some of the most inspiring talks/messages I’ve heard in the past year, and I’ve been chewing on Ian Green’s messages from Youth Convention. Already I’ve posted about two things that are the Achilles’ heel of leadership; here’s [...]
Posted in Devotional Thoughts, tagged Christianity, faith, God, life, prayer on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Doing some research and reading for some writing I’m planning to do. It’s about the times in life when it seems as though God is far away. There are times when we pray and it feels like no one’s listening. There are times when life feels like we’re walking through the shadows [...]
Posted in Devotional Thoughts, tagged Al Gore, faith, global warming, Leadership, life, weather on December 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Brrrr. That sums up what the weather’s been like here in southern NB so far this week. I was talking with a guy at the gas station this morning, and we both agreed that this is a ‘normal’ winter, but we’ve had such mild weather in years past, that this seems worse than [...]
