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On a recent trip to Canada I have had the pleasure of staying with families who have dogs. It is interesting to observe their behaviour. They seem to be easily distracted. These dogs chase chipmunks porcupines and rabbits. The term chasing rabbits is doing something totally irrelevant or being distracted from what you intend to do. How easily […]
In the baby boomer generation we have been brought up to not talk about “religion”. It has almost become a taboo subject. How do you broach a taboo subject? Well, what is a taboo? A “taboo” is a strong cultural ban against some human activity. When something is taboo, it’s forbidden. A couple of steps […]
The anxious inviter thinks in the following manner “God might prompt me to invite someone to take a closer look at Christ and his church, but they might not like it, the service might put them off, or someone in our fellowship might say something stupid to them. I might put them off by not being a perfect […]
I talk about being God’s postal workers and how we are sent by God to deliver God’s invitation. A sermon at Trinity Streetsville http://blip.tv/trinity-streetsville/june-23rd-2013-sermon-welcoming-or-inviting-6607527
We have a menu approach to our welcome ministry at the minute which sounds like fear to me. A member of the welcome team explains the menu to a invited guest. Did you like where you sat, because if you choose that seat, we can guarantee that is where you will be sitting for the next quarter of […]
Sincerity does not trump truth. After all, one can be sincerely wrong. But sincerity is indispensable to any truth we wish others to believe. There is something winsome, even irresistible, about a life lived with conviction. I am reminded of the Scottish philosopher and skeptic, David Hume, who was recognized among a crowd of those […]
Triage is the process of determining the priority of patients’ treatments based on the severity of their condition. This rations patient treatment efficiently when resources are insufficient for all to be treated immediately. The term comes from the French verb trier, meaning to separate, sift or select.The A B C of triage A is for Airways can they get […]