It has been an incredible year of celebrating our home both locally and eternally. I couldn’t let the year slip by without bringing this HOME for Christmas. Let the words…
A Curriculum That Explores Poverty & Justice “Young people today are passionate about change. Their hearts break for the injustice they see in the world and they yearn to be a part…
Fundraising can be a curse and a blessing. Over the years I’ve seen how efforts to generate enough financial resource for events or projects can drain the energy and joy…
I’ve been on the road way to much these days: too many kilometres, too many hotel rooms, and too many fast food joints. It’s good to be HOME. No. It’s…
Ever lost your keys? A password? Your temper? Losing things can be easy. Finding them, not so much. Apparently, it was easy to lose things in ancient times as well….
Newfoundlanders are known for their extraordinary hospitality. On September 11, 2001, when the world stood still to watch unparalleled acts of terror in the United States, Newfoundland was about to…
It’s the day of the launch. The launch director tells everyone, directors, team members, and astronauts that checks are completed, all requirements for launch have been completed, and they…
We are close to LAUNCH. Very close. Multiple checks have been conducted by multiple people. All internal systems have checked out. But there are also external elements that need to…
Launch sequence engaged. Oxygen levels, confirmed. Team status checks, confirmed. Let’s move on to the safety checks. At this stage of the shuttle launch the payload launch manager confirms that…
So oxygen levels have tested out. Not we move to the multitude of status checks. Team leaders give verbal confirmation that all systems are go. Test Conductors, Flight Directors, Project…
Steve Leckart’s Wired Magazine article "Launching a Shuttle: NASA Countdown to Blastoff” outlines the massive checklist required before a space shuttle ever leaves the launchpad. I find some interesting similarities...
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TOP TEN STUPID LABELS 10. On a clothing iron: You shouldn’t press your clothes while you’re wearing them. 9. A label on back of a public toilet: Recycled flush water…unsafe…
So I’m sitting here on the tarmac at YYT, often known as Fog City and affectionately named “Sinjons” by others. There’s a lot of effort that goes into taking a…
Luke 5:4 When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” On March 20, 2011, in Milan,…
365 days of waiting is over…we’re here…we’re ready…today is UNSTOPPABLE. Revelation 4:6-11 gives us a glimpse into an UNSTOPPABLE heavenly moment: “In the center, around the throne, were four living…
Have you ever heard a good news/bad news story? Here’s one: Doctor: “I have some bad news and some very bad news.” Patient: “Well, might as well give me the…
It’s hump day…I don’t know about you but there are times going into weekends like these that I end up entering the weekend exhausted even before the exhaustion begins. There…
Two more days, and no I didn’t get my YC math wrong…just two more days before the first game of the ALCS…GO JAYS! What a year its been for Canada’s…
Can you believe it? It’s YC week! It’s not only UNSTOPPABLE it’s UNBELIEVABLE. So here’s my thesis that I’ll attempt to prove this week: This UNSTOPPABLE themes is not so…
You may have noticed that the past 4 posts were all based on the words of the Apostle Paul in a book called Romans. It’s interesting that of all the books Paul wrote,…
What’s the opposite of HOPE? I guess that would be despair. Despair, quite frankly, is from the pit of hell. There’s nothing the enemy of our souls would like to...
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So today I celebrated my 40…something birthday. Birthday celebrations…you know, those days marked by unsanitary restaurant head-gear, total strangers serenading you at the most embarrassing times, and sugar…way too much sugar….
Have you ever had someone let you down? Disappoint you? Didn’t come through in the crunch? Missed the MLB post-season play-offs again? (Sorry, Jays fans, I digress). Disappointment is an…
On March 8, Malaysian Flight 370 vanished during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. Gone. Not a trace. Search suspended. But today, in the news, the search…
We know that God wants to speak HOPE to a generation that has too often believed a lie that life is hopeless. We know God wants to speak HOPE to…
10. Fisherman: “Shall We Gather At The River?” 9. Golfer: “There Is A Green Hill Far Away” 8. Obstetrician: “He Is Able To Deliver Thee” 7. Dentist: “Crown Him With Many Crowns” 6. Real…
One of the things I love about YC is the singing…all those voices in unison worshipping the living God…EPIC! So, get ready for some singing thisweekend…no, not just from Angie,…
I currently have over 2000+ “friends” on Facebook. Impressive eh. Not really. Most are acquaintances or acquaintances of acquaintances…others may have me mixed up with Dean Martin. I’m not…
1 John 4:18 “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear…” This youth generation has more anxiety, phobias, stress, and mental illness surrounding it than seemingly…
Every feel you are not able to explain yourself adequately or communicate like you’d like? Looking at the theme “This is Love” those feelings well up inside me. Listen to…
Just 5 days to go and YC will be upon us. Over the next 5 days as we make final preparations I will be dropping you a few notes along…
For those that are unaware of NGLC (Next Generation Leadership Conference), it is a multi-denominational Christian conference focused on equipping, educating and engaging leaders of youth and children within the…
Greetings YC Newfoundland and Labrador! I’m delighted to extend to you an invitation to Mile One Centre in St. John’s, NL on October 11-13 for the next steps on the…
The holiday season provided me with a chance to catch up on a few reads that I have been meaning to do for a while. Here are the latest to…
Well, we did it…correction…God did it! What a weekend! God showed up and we shouldn’t be surprised since we asked Him to do that very thing. The stories coming in…
Let’s journey one final time to Genesis and into Abraham’s back story! Genesis 22 15 Then the angel of the LORD called again to Abraham from heaven. 16 “This is…
Wow…we’re getting close…and we are in great shape with preparations in full swing! Great job everyone on a full day’s work! Here’s today’s thought as we pick up Genesis…
Monday we talked about our POSITION (‘Here I am”). Yesterday we talked about the PERSONAL (what do I need to sacrifice?). Today is the PRACTICAL. (I know…I love alliteration) Pick…
Let’s pick up the story! Gen 22: 2-5 “Take your son, your only son—yes, Isaac, whom you love so much—and go to the land of Moriah. Go and sacrifice him as…
98 hours to go before YC2012…It’s hard to believe October is here let alone YC…but it is so buckle up and get ready for an incredible ride this week! Gen…
So here’s the deal. Another Maxwell leadership book. Aren’t they all the same? What makes this one worth the read? The title says it all. As pastors and leaders one of our prime tasks…
“Hope without a strategy doesn’t generate leadership. Leadership comes when your hope and your optimism are matched with a concrete vision of the future and a way to get there….
YMtoday.com: Youth Ministry Resources & News Why Churches Should Adopt Public Schools Could it be that ministry to our schools is the youth ministry tipping point that we have hoped…
The Biggest Loser is a television show broadcast in many countries focused on overweight contestants attempting to lose weight to fight for a cash prize. There are different variations of…
Is it just me or is peace a commodity that the world has bailed on? Ongoing war, political unrest, terrorist threats have unfortunately become all too common in our vernacular….
“A virgin giving birth would be a miracle but a virgin giving birth to the Son of God…now that’s incredulous!” Erwin McManus If there’s an example of “familiarity breeding contempt”,…
Ola! I just returned from a great week in the Dominican Republic. No it wasn’t a holiday…although I think I could use one just about now. I participated in a…
Hello all! I trust you’ve gotten a chance to rest up, catch your breath, spend some time with friends and family and also to reflect on all that God has done…
Morning saints! Ok I totally stole that line 🙂 It’s FRIDAY the start of YC…UNBELIEVABLE! Reading this morning 1 Samuel 30:21-25 (NLT) 21 Then David returned to the brook Besor…
Good morning! 1 more day…and I’ve been thinking of weeping! Don’t get me wrong…not because I’m slipping into a depression or because Bruce is hard to work with (although that…
Morning everyone, Bruce and I are onsite in Gander…ice surface is covered, glass is down, production is rolling in any moment…it’s about to unfold once again! Here’s my blog thoughts…
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