Sunday Conversations

When we look back in history, at those who discovered new parts of world, people like Columbus (America) and Cartier (Quebec) we look at these as moments in history. In a sense they are moments because there's a day/date that their feet touched land. But we know full...

If you've been around The Village even a little bit you've heard us use this line from time to time. Here it is: 'We don't ever want to take ourselves too seriously, but we do want to take Jesus seriously'. Why do you think we say this often? It's because we...

Being a part-time, working university student, it’s easy to get lost in the busyness of my schedule. On top of that, there are so many lingering questions like “Where is my future headed?” and “Who am I?” This stage in life has been a scary process – with numerous...

What is it about conflict that scares us? Or about difficult things that we want to hide. Seems like when we mess up or failed or made a bad judgement call, instead of coming clean we want to sweep it under the rug. We do this with conflict as well. Rather than...

As we continue walking through the small letter of Philippians, we are hopefully noticing every layer Paul is using to enhance our understanding of faith and community. In the middle part of chapter 3, the metaphor shifts from accounting to athletics. If you recall,...

Sometimes you find yourself in a passage of scripture that is both inspiring and very challenging. Philippians 3:1-11 might be that one. It's inspiring because of the passion Paul exudes about his faith in Jesus; how he gives up everything for the sake of the gospel....

In our last post we talked about balancing confidence and humility. It seemed to have struck a chord. Why? Because it is the best way to lead our lives at home, with friends and in our work place or careers. Knowing who you are and what you offer the world,...

There are two things that good leaders balance really well - confidence & humility. To make a significant dent in our world, one has to be confident of the abilities they have to offer, while balancing it with thinking of others more than they think of themselves....

(Philippians 1:12-19) 12 Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters,[b] that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel. 13 As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard[c] and to everyone else that I am in chains for...

With this post comes the start of the new series. For the next few weeks we will be looking at the small gem of a NT book called Philippians. If you've ever received a note, text, email or (old school) letter that was just full of encouragement and love then you'll be...