I’m sometimes asked, “Would you do anything differently if you were to pastor a church again?” I think I might. Here are some of the things that popped into my mind. I would celebrate more. I would do my best to find appropriate ways to celebrate what God is doing […]
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Montrant que “Nous ne sommes pas seulement des touristes,” les membres de l’équipe de la Marine Royale Canadienne passent une journée à Hospice Maui. WAILUKU – Les membres de l’équipe de la Marine Royale Canadienne auraient pu passer leur journée à la plage. Ils ont plutôt choisi de venir
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This was a very good note to start my Monday (from Pastor Laurie Lemke, Venachar FM): “Just wanted to share with you that we had a believers’ baptism service at a lake today. We started the service with two people wanting to be baptized…but God is so awesome……..we baptized six
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Here’s a news article that was published in The Maui News on the community relations work Rev. Andrew Klinger, Chaplain and Royal Canadian Navy Lt coordinated with the Royal Canadian Navy. He and 25 members of the HMCS Ottawa volunteered their time at a hospice facility in order to give
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“What’s going on in Sri Lanka?” A court case. When I started in my new role, there was actually another case but Praise God for some very good meetings we had (myself and the plaintiffs), wherein the dissident pastors withdrew their case and committed to work towards reconciliation – currently
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“At some point, most any of us who grew up in a Christianized culture are going to look around at our church, the one we have supposedly given our lives to through membership, and see that some other church in town has better music. Or a trendier vibe. Or better
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It was a wonderful weekend! Karlene and I were in Quebec for a FM leadership conference. On Friday night I spoke at the young adult event. I had an inspiring conversation with a couple of young men (both about 24) who are recent converts. My one new friend told me
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“It’s long been said the seven last words of a church are “We’ve never done it that way before.”” This week’s Church Health Thursday share is Ed Stetzer’s “3 Church Methods That Need to Change” where he asks, “How can churches avoid holding onto mechanisms, strategies, traditions, and the like,
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