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Rethinking the Mission of the Church

Our elders are wrestling through a biblical understanding of the church’s role when it comes to issues of justice and mercy. Books like Tim Keller’s Generous Justice are helpful. I spent

The Beauty of Ordinary Pastors and Churches

My latest column in Christian Week: I don’t envy them: the pastors with big names and book deals and conference circuits. Well, that’s not completely true. I do envy them. They

It Takes Time

Karen Stiller (with Willard Metzger) has written a great new book called Going Missional: Conversations with 13 Canadian Churches Who Have Embraced Missional Life . I haven’t read the entire book yet, but

Final Sabbatical Report

I just wrote my final report on my sabbatical for my church. It’s probably the last time I’ll be writing about sabbaticals in quite a while. Here’s what I said.

Eighth Letter by Lloyd-Jones

You may have heard of the Eighth Letter event coming up here in Toronto: The book of Revelation contains seven letters addressed to 1st century congregations struggling to find their identity.  Nearly two