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Church Planting Takes Time

It rained at an art show last year. We set up our canopy and a table, but we spent most of the day shivering and waiting for the crowds that never came. We

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

Saturday Links

Links for your weekend reading: Returning to the Good News I came up with five simple reasons as to why we need to hear about Jesus and his glorious gospel each and every

Ecclesiology by Grace

I attended SOMA One Day training this week in Toronto and experienced something I didn’t expect: the gospel applied to ministry. This isn’t a new thing, of course. But I’ve

It’s Supposed to Be Messy and Hard

I confuse myself, and I don’t think I’m alone. When we began planting a church in Liberty Village, I was pretty sure that our goal was to plant ourselves and the