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Known For Love or Hate?
This article challenges Christians to reflect on how often they are perceived – not as loving, but as judgmental. It calls for the radical love Jesus modeled, sharing a powerful story from a club outreach where a woman’s raw question exposed the deep wounds left by misrepresentation in the Church. Ask someone outside the Church what they think of Christians and the answers can sting: judgmental,…
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Politics & the Pulpit – Walking the Tight Rope
This article reflects on the challenge pastors face when navigating politics from the pulpit. It emphasizes that the pulpit is sacred space meant to lift high the name of Jesus. While acknowledging that people hold strong opinions and that justice and truth matter, it warns that politicized preaching divides the church and weakens its…
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Women Unmuted
Women have always played a vital role in God’s redemptive plan, from the Old Testament to the New, leading, teaching, and prophesying with divine authority. Despite a few often-misunderstood passages used to silence women in ministry, scripture when read in context, shows a consistent pattern of God empowering both men and women to lead.…
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The Beauty of Diversity
Nine years ago God called us back to Canada after serving as Global Workers in Thailand for ten and a half years. Before Thailand, we had the privilege of serving in a church with many nations and loved learning from and growing with other cultures. Moving to another nation was a very different thing. In Thailand…