Tag: marriage
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10 Years
10 Years. 10 year ago today I made a decision that would change my life forever. Outside of the day I truly gave my life to Jesus, this day pretty much ranks top 2. On this day, I sent a simple text message, “Hey, do you want to grab a coffee?” – or something like…
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The Heart of Being Heard
One of the main tasks of my job is to stand in front a crowd of people and communicate to them. Every week for about 45 minutes, I have to do my best to be clear, articulate, compelling, and honest. I have been told that I do this well, but the irony is, communicating to a…
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Listening as Loving
My wife and I were in a bit of a disagreement recently, when she stopped in the middle of it and said to me, “If you were counselling a couple right now, what would you be saying?”. This was her way of telling me that I need to stop, use some wisdom, and get out…
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Child Proof Marriage
When Emily and I got married we received a lot of good and wise advice. But, one of the things that no one ever really talked about was kids. Everyone expected that kids would appear one day, but no one ever spoke about how kids would really affect a marriage. Now, I am no expert…
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Life not Longevity
I don’t know about you, but have you ever noticed that when a couple has a wedding anniversary, the first question we ask them is how long they have been married? And then, if they happen to tell us some relatively large number, 15, 20, 50 years, we applaud them for simply making it that long? Not that…
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Driver Seat…
I haven’t written anything in a while. In fact, it has been almost 2 months and there is a reason for that. Honestly, a few different reasons. Some pathetic ones, like laziness, time management, and drive – I have started a few blogs, but end up not finishing them. But really the over arching reason,…
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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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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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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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