I recently wrote a blog called “The Wild Places”, for God calls us to join him in the chaotic corners of our planet – our neighbourhoods. I want to do that – but I can’t. My 2017 New Year wishes (resolutions require too much resoluteness) are for better community. I...
We live in an age where ideas travel fast. People can quickly Google answers to every question under the sun. They are asking about faith and life, hope, pain and meaning. People are searching for answers. People in your neighbourhood. What if there was a way they...
2016 was a challenging year globally. It was also a year where Canadian Baptists stood up and made a difference in the lives of Syrian refugees seeking a new life for themselves and their families. In Luke 10:29, an expert in religious law asked Jesus, "Who is my...
Our shared vision - "Joining God in our neighbourhoods" - makes a huge assumption – that God is in our neighbourhoods, that he’s not distant, that he’s not waiting for us to join him in heaven, that he’s here on dingy, dangerous, dusty, delightful earth! This of...