Tag: relationships
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The Loudest Voice
Photo Cred: Katie Nicolle Photography It’s a typical Tuesday morning. It’s around 8:30, and I am about to go to Show & Tell – a local coffee shop where I tend to write my sermons. I am in the bathroom brushing my teeth, not really paying attention to much around me as I think through…
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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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Christmas Time
It’s Christmas time again, so every blog you will read will sound oddly familiar, because as the writer of Ecclesiastes noticed, “nothing is new under the sun.” And there’s only so much Christmas that can go around. So, I am not going to pretend that what you are about to read is something you haven’t…
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9 Years, 9 Thoughts
9 years ago today I met the woman who would become my wife. It’s hard to believe that so much time has passed since then. 5.5 years of dating, 3.5 years of marriage, 1.5 year old girl, a boy on the way, bought a home, lead a church, 9 years. And that’s just some highlights,…
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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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5 Things I Hope My Daughter Learns From Me
There are a plethora of sappy daddy/daughter posts out there. But I don’t care, here’s another one. I am about to have a daughter. Literally any day now she could come and bless our home with her presence. So, obviously, I have had to do quite a lot of thinking about raising a child in…
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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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