I was part of democracy in action this week. Not only did I vote but I also worked on Election Day as the Supervising Deputy Returning Officer, which isn't nearly as important as it sounds.Pretty good gig, all in all, I was paid by Elections Nova Scotia to welcome people to Cornerstone. During those twelve…
Kids and Trips
Well summer is over, have you noticed? And part of the mystic of summer is the vacation trip. You know where you pack everything you own, get a neighbour to check the mail, drop the pets off at the pet hotel and then lock yourself and your family into that metal capsule called a car…
Watch your . . .
It’s not what you mean, it’s what people think you mean. Sometime ago, I read a story, and I can in no way vouch for its veracity, about a woman who misunderstood what” LOL” stood for. She thought the acronym meant “lots of love” and in many instances that would work. However when responding to…
Get a Life – Group
They were the ultimate church plant. They started with 11, grew to 120, then to 3000. Not bad, as a matter of fact very good. But how did they do it? I guess that question has to be asked by anyone who is even remotely interested in church growth. What was the secret that they…
Nice or Right?
Perhaps you have heard the radio ad where the young lady is telling us the things she learned from her mother and number one on the list is “It’s more important to be nice than to be right.” Really? I think that being nice is. . . well nice. But I think that if you…
What’s in it for Me?
What do people really get for all their hard work? In 2013 that is a line of thought we’d expect to hear. What do people really get for all their hard work? What do I get out of it? What do you get out of it? But it isn’t necessarily a question we’d expect to…
A Year to Live
I found out the other day that I have less than a year to live. It was quite a shock when I found out. It wasn’t my doctor who told me but an article that I read. The thesis was that when you subtract the time sleeping, working, tending to personal matters, hygiene, odd chores,…
Grace, More Than a Girl’s Name
When I had been a Christ follower for a few days my best friends brother asked me what my favorite song was, I wasn’t sure exactly what answer he was looking for but considering he was a pastor I figured that “We’re Here for a Good Time” by Trooper wasn’t the right answer, and so…
Dropping the Writ.
He dropped the writ, we’ve been waiting for it and wondering when it would happen and now it has happened. Dropping the writ is an awesome term. It is much classier than simply saying that he called an election. However it doesn’t really matter whether you are dropping a writ or calling an election the…
The End
That pretty well tied up the morning. Jesus has been teaching his disciples about a whole range of subjects involving the kingdom of God and now he ties it up with a pretty bow and hands it to those who were listening and basically tells them, “You are responsible for what you are going to…