[In 2018] the #MeToo movement began to spread across the internet and news media, telling the stories of men sexually assaulting and harassing women. People I love have been victims …
Faithful Celebrity Christian Leadership
The Christian news cycle has been dominated by the fall of many celebrity Christian leaders over the past couple of years. I have read articles talking about how this is …
Justice in the Land
To be Christ-like is to Serve the Poor and Oppressed Does your Gospel witness lack power? It could be because it’s missing a critical element — social justice. As someone …
Strategic Compassion
Where the Gospel and Ending Poverty Meet In 1983, Barry Slauenwhite left the pastorate to join Compassion Canada, a global ministry that comes alongside churches overseas seeking to lift children …
Is There a Male Crisis?
USA Today published an article called: Males at Risk – ‘Boy Crisis’ of identity jeopardizes America’s future. The main points of the article suggest there is a crisis of male …
Radical & Simple Justice
Screaming About Injustice Is Not The Same As Doing Justly My wife and I have been commiserating with others perplexed by the emerging adults we are parenting. Some of our …
An Antidote to Apathy
“Jesus, How Would You Like to Spend Me Today?” These days everyone and their dog wants you and me to give to their cause, show up to their event, share …
Jesus Our Redeemer
Forgiven. Restored. Bought Back. Redeemed. I am so humbled and amazed at how God shows up at our meetings. At a recent event one of our volunteers, Deneise, shared with …
Dress for the Weather
Preparing Children for a Broken World I grew up on the Canadian prairies. That means I was bitten by a million mosquitoes, learned how to skate before I was in …
Marginal at Best, Dangerous at Worst
The Fall of the Church’s Place in Canadian Society It’s 1966. You’re standing in front of Canada’s Parliament building on a cold New Year’s Eve. You, and all the “important …