Christian Living

The Slow, Hard Work of Making Disciples

I’ve been thinking a lot about what Paul wrote in 2 Timothy 2:1-7: You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you

Fall to the Ground

I attended a conference years ago that changed my life, just not the way that it was supposed to. The conference was on creating a turnaround church. Shortly afterwards, I attended another conference

Tested

The night before he was crucified, Jesus knew that he was about to be betrayed and arrested. It was an intense period of testing for both Jesus and the disciples. In Luke’s

The Legacy of Bob Shaker

When I was a teenager, my brother would occasionally drive me to Avenue Road in Toronto to a small basement bookstore called Reformation Book Service. Even the address was funny: 2045 1/2

Lessons Learned in the School of Suffering

A year ago today, I posted these words: It’s not a secret that the past few years have been among the most difficult in our lives. Right now it seems that we’