Life

Lessons from Toastmasters

As you may know, we’re starting a new church in Liberty Village, Toronto. Liberty Village is an old commercial part of town that’s being transformed into a new community. I’m

Just a Plodder

William Carey is called the “father of modern missions.” Despite only an elementary school education, he could read the Bible in six languages by the time he was a teen. He became Professor

Five Things I’m Learning

On January 15th, I moved from pastoring an established church to church planting. For the first time in over twenty years, I’m not pastoring a congregation. My new church simply doesn’t

Back from Florida

We just got back from a week in Fort Lauderdale. It’s the first full week we’ve taken away in over a year, and we enjoyed every minute. Here are some of

Church Planting is Hard…and Fun

“Church planting is hard. We need all the help we can get.” I found that line at the start of the Launch Documents (PDF) of Downtown Cornerstone Church in Seattle, and it’s