SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 15:12-21 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: This passage contains the message of God’s judgment [15:1-9,12-14] and the struggle of Jeremiah as the messenger [15:10-11,15-21]. Jeremiah was called and equipped to be God’s messenger, but his job was not easy, and here he breaks down before God, wishing that he was never even born [10]. This reminds me that…
dorothy on leadership
This article raises interesting and challenging thoughts on leadership today. N.S. “How a Movie from our Childhood Can Help us Understand the Changing Nature of Leadership in the Postmodern Transition” By Brian D. McLaren OK, I admit it. I spent most of the 80’s and early 90’s wishing I could be just like Bill Hybels, Rick…
fair trade
I met today with Nancy, an advocate for fair trade in the Sunderland, ON area. Our meeting was for me to connect this work with our SERVE and Encounter week (Jun 30-Jul 4), with the theme “Right The Wrong”. We sat outside at Katie’s Coffee House in Sunderland, enjoying a beautiful day and very friendly…
friendly robbin… or slow learner
Linda Wielinga sent me this story which struck me as interesting, a neat God moment as it made me think of myself and what a slow learner I am. How many times do I keep bumping into those things that are no good for me, and yet I foolishly persist in doing it again… and…
identifying with Jesus
Eddie Gibbs and Ryan Bolger have been studying the emerging churches movement (if you don’t know what it is, read the book, its hard to explain). As I read their book I am finding that, apart from some occasional discomfort on how emerging churches apply their ideas, I am often resonating with what they stand…
taking my booth with me
Wow, not only have I been in Port Perry for 10 years, the first Tim Horton’s here in Port Perry is also celebrating their 10th anniversary. But now I am leaving… For the last 10 years I have been going to Tim Horton’s almost every morning for my own quiet time, sitting in the same booth. But…
help me with my sermon
This coming Sunday [June 8, 2008] I am planning on speaking on Luke 10:25-37, the parable of the Good Samaritan. Its one of the readings this week from the SOAP Bible Reading plan (June 4). Feel free to share your thoughts on what the MAIN point of this passage is, or on questions that you might have. By myself…
what’s my beef with ‘church’
Some of you may have sensed that I have a bit of a beef with ‘church’. I probably need to clarify, its not so much with a specific church (I love my present church, and also my new church). My beef is with the concept of church as it has been distorted from its original…
r.e.s.p.e.c.t.
We commissioned our new church leaders [Sunday, June 1, 2008] and I used the words of 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28. Some of the observations and applications I made were: Paul writes this letter to a part of Jesus’ missionary team in Thessalonica, a new community of Jesus followers facing great persecution yet standing firm. He urges them to respect their…
speaking of church… NOT!
Here is another word game. See if you can go a whole week without using the word “church”. You can use words that mean the same thing, just try not using the word itself. I was thinking about this when I was looking at how Jesus spoke about the church. He only used the word…