Sunday Conversations

My mom lives in the middle of the city. The air quality isn't so good (it's not horrible, but it can't be a good as the 200km north of her), the traffic is busy, the TTC is walking distance, and one of Toronto's largest malls is a few blocks away. There are many...

If I were to ask you what makes you happy, you may give two kinds of responses, ones that are profound and meaningful, and others that are a little more on the silly and temporal side. Meaningful would be things like: my spouse, my kids, because I'm so fulfilled with...

Before we get to Sunday...which by the way is the best and most important reason to be happy...lets take this (holy) week in. Moving from Palm Sunday to Good Friday is a reflective journey that helps us appreciate who Jesus is, what Jesus did, and how the world is...

Too many people in our culture have the misconception that encountering Jesus is like going to a job interview - impress the boss to get the nod. Some how you feel you have to impress God enough for him to invite into his house for the big party on Friday night. We...

"Why do you have to make things so complicated...?" Avril Lavigne screams these words out in the rock anthem that made her so popular a few years ago. The song is about a relationship...a complicated one at that? Not sure if it led to a break up or not, but the...

How frustrating is it when you think a conflict has been settled, but then in a meeting or a family gathering or with your spouse, the conflict pops up again? You're thinking, 'seriously? I thought this deal was done?'. Conflict happens, it always pops up. Not just in...

I have a cousin who suffers from bipolar disorder, which is a mental illness characterized by episodes of an elevated mood known as ‘mania’ that alternates with spells of depression. When she’s ‘high’ she has bursts of creativity and she’s able to churn out an entire...

What inspires you to take big steps, to make a risky move, to jump into a new adventure? Is it your confidence, the opportunity that's dangling before you or the fact that you're backed into a corner and have no choice but to take a leap of faith? Whatever the case...

Last week we finished up a 6 week series called DEEPER. I gotta tell you, it's really challenged me personally to pay more attention to what God is up to in me. What he wants to do, how he wants to change me, how the scriptures can make a difference in my life and how...