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Safe enough to fail without getting fired

Fellowship pastors in Toronto get together occasionally for lunch and a talk. Today, we met in Markham and talked about sexual issues and pastors. One pastor talked about his experience in this area,

Buildings and money

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” We've tried to ignore it, but it's getting harder every year. Richview's church building is now over twenty

Busyness

Busyness is the enemy of spirituality. It is essentially laziness. It is doing the easy thing instead of the hard thing. It is filling our time with our own actions instead of paying

Why are you always so busy?

Whenever I hear pastors brag about being busy, I sense that something is wrong. I’ve heard pastors talk about a good work ethic, getting in to the office earlier and working more

The book with a story

The most valuable items one can own are those that have stories attached to them. This is becoming a book with a story: I’d like to package it back up when I’