Navigating the church in a perfect storm
My first column in ChristianWeek is up:
This is not the easiest time to be a Christian leader. Three realities have converged to make this a perfect storm for the Church in Canada…
pastoring
Pastor and plumber if necessary
Another quote from Gilead. I’m guessing most pastors can relate:
A woman in my flock called just after breakfast and asked me to come to her house. She is elderly, recently a
Crazy or prophet? Hard to say.
I had a strange voicemail when I arrived at work yesterday. He didn’t leave his name, but he said he didn’t like churches set up like businesses with voicemail and fancy
Minister is arrested during the middle of his sermon
From Obscure Store and Reading Room:
A police officer told him: “I request that you cease and desist with your services. If you refuse to stop, we will have to take you into
A night in Thistletown
A few years ago, I sat beside Ken Davis, pastor of Thistletown Baptist in Toronto, and whispered to him, “I love you, but you’re still wrong.”
Ken laughed. It was a strange