Category: In the Garden
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End Times, Anxiety, and Hope
There is always a lot of talk about the End Times. And every generation thinks that theirs is going to be the last one. If we surveyed even the last 100 years, there are many different moments of global change, conflict, and cultural shifts that made people feel very similar to how it seems many…
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Why I Haven’t Blogged In A While
I have been asked enough times in recent days why I haven’t posted anything in over a year, that I figured I would use the answer to that question to post something. To be honest, it’s not that I haven’t written anything, or more to reality, at least started many posts. It’s not that I…
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Prayer Is A Waste Of Time…
At least that’s how it feels quite often. If we are honest about it, sometimes it feels like prayer literally accomplishes nothing. At all. Moments gone. Life wasted. Especially when you consider the fact that during those moments of prayer we could have been doing something that could have made an impact, or could have…
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3 Reasons We Will Be Ungrateful This Thanksgiving
Incase you missed it, it’s Thanksgiving this weekend (at least in Canada it is). That’s right, turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, pie, family, football, a lot of good stuff! This is a holiday where we are encouraged to reflect on all the good things that we have and to really try and be grateful and thankful.…
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4 Keys To A Good Mentor
Although some might want to disagree, I have found that one of the best ways to really develop, to really grow, to really learn is through solid mentorship. I find it to be true in both the personal areas of your life, like spiritual disciplines, marriage, parenting, or in the professional world, with skills, promotion, craftsmanship,…
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5 Pieces of Advice From a Young Pastor to Those About to be One…
It was only 15 months ago that I first became a Lead Pastor. I was 22, just over a month away from being 23. I was fresh out of university, primed and ready to take over the world for Jesus. My heart had the best intentions, though quite honestly lacked almost everything else necessary for…
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Is Inner Peace Possible?
With all the craziness that we encounter, read, and at present, see more every day it seems, we are often left with feelings of hopelessness, rage, dread, and large amounts of stress. When these things are present in us, we look for ways to diffuse them, we search for a sense of what come call ‘inner…
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My Prayer for Iraq
Father, I don’t know where to begin. Quite honestly my heart is filled with to many emotions – competing emotions- from worry, fear, anger, pride, to love, hope, and even the temptation towards indifference. It is so easy to simply scroll by the articles, to return to the easy life that I have here. The…
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