Monday morning

It was a long week for me last week.  As I sit at my desk right now I am emotionally drained and am longing just to go cut my lawn (seriously – it hasn’t been cut for two weeks and my new neighbour probably thinks he moved next to rednecks whom at anytime will place [...]

Some encouragement

This week I’m having the opportunity to walk alongside a family who lost their son/brother/husband in a tragic car accident.   It’s a terribly sad situation in which you never, ever imagine yourself being in.  The emotions involved are overwhelming!
Being a pastor doesn’t mean I automatically know what to do and what to say because … I [...]

I’m a tweet

I’ve given in and now am part of Twitter. My username is draggly (thanks to my sisters who used to call me that growing up) I’m a newbie so I can’t even tell you how to get to it. I’m thinking www.twitter.com/draggly or join twitter and find me @draggly
For those of [...]

Your strengths

What are you good at?  Really!  What has God given you a great ability to do?  This weekend I touched on this when we were looking at Romans 12.  Paul mentions that we need to evaluate ourselves properly and use the gifts he’s given us accordingly.   Part of evaluating yourself is to know what we’re [...]

warning signs

This past week I feel that God is giving warning signs to me in my personal time with Him.  The passages I’ve read and the prayers that I’ve prayed have been constant red flashing lights warning me of what could happen or might happen if I make certain choices over others.   It’s as if he’s [...]

Dear back

Dear Back
We’ve been together for 32 years now.  32 years of scratching, growing, twisting and turning.  You haven’t left my side because my side is attached to you.  You are always behind me.  Back; I pat you.
I write you concerning our latest disagreements.  It appears to me that you are opposing me in everything we try [...]

What is God’s will for my life

 Trying to figure out who to date, where to move, what job to take makes life difficult.  We regularly ask the question “what is God’s will for my life?”  As we start to dig into Romans 12 on Sunday mornings here at MTC I thought I would put some questions that I’ve used (and am learning [...]

daddy’s friday

I look out the window this morning and see that it’s hailing. Little white pellets falling from the sky.
I get all the kids ready to drop caleb off at school, we walk out the door and Abby screams
“Look daddy, it’s raining rice!
I love the innocence of children

I wish you would have told me

Don’t you wish there were times that someone would have told you.  Here are a few in my life that I can recall
I wish you would have told me;

that my fly was open and my shirt was “peeking” through
that I have a seed caught in my teeth from the everything bagel I ate from Tim Hortons
that [...]

I’m proud of her

Karen completed the Calgary Half Marathon yesterday after many months of training.  She did an incredible job and I couldn’t be more proud of her.