Tag: Jesus
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Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays/Season’s Greetings
Why do I celebrate Christmas? Is it for the turkey? The stuffing? The family? The gifts? Although they are all great parts of the celebration the big answer for me is Jesus. I am a Christian, and do believe that because of the great and awesome love of God, Jesus became incarnate and subjected himself…
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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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5 Pieces of Advice From a Young Pastor to Those About to be One…Part 2
A few post ago, I shared some things that I have been learning about being a pastor at a young age. What I didn’t say then was that there are more than just 5 things to know, obviously. So this is part 2. I want to share 5 more things that are important for young…
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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 Ways I Failed in My First Year of Marriage, So You Don’t Have To
One of the things in my life that I am most passionate about is marriage. As a Pastor, I want to help people better their marriages and as husband, I want to have the best marriage! I have been married to Emily since May 2013 and although our circumstances aren’t necessarily typical (getting married and simultaneously taking…
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4 F’s for Singles
Over the last few months I have had a great amount of conversations with some pretty good friends, who happen to be single, about relationships, finding ‘that’ person, etc. During one of those conversations recently, I began asking myself, if I were to do it all over again, in some crazy depressing world where my…
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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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