Missional and Organic Leadership

I’ve been interested in the issue of leadership and how we can contextualize biblical and secular leadership principles to our churches so that more people can come to know the hope that we have in Christ Jesus.
I loved reading Neil Cole’s Organic Church a few years back as it transformed the way that I view [...]

Worship Services in the Early Church

I’m currently preaching through 1 Corinthians 12-14 to our youth ministry, Nine37, on the topic of spiritual gifts. As I was preparing my message for tomorrow’s service, I stumbled upon 1 Cor 14:26 and began wondering what worship services looked like in the early church.
1 Corinthians 14:26 NIV – “What then shall we say, brothers? [...]

Where to go to Seminary? A preliminary comparison between seminaries in Canada, the United States, and Korea

This post arises out of a unique journey of mine. Believe it or not, I am actually enrolled in 4 seminaries at the moment, pursuing my Masters of Divinity (M.Div) at all of them! Okay, before I qualify that statement, I am actually only taking courses at one of the four seminaries, but I still [...]

Calling All John Piper “followers”: John Piper & N.T. Wright

I’ve been reading N.T. Wright’s Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense, and there are parts of his book that are causing me to raise my ears and my ’sensors,’ so to say.
Now if you are aware of anything related to “The New Perspective on Paul” you will know that N.T. Wright, James Dunn, and E.P. [...]

A Korean Funeral

This past week, my uncle passed away from cancer so I had the opportunity to experience a full-fledged Buddhist Korean funeral. When I got to the hospital, I had to pay my respects to his son and his mother and then we were ushered into this room where the dead body was (it was covered with [...]

The Power of Shame in Asian Cultures

I have never heard so much about suicide until moving to Korea. Sure, there were the occasional suicide stories in the news back in Canada and in Hollywood, but to so frequently read the names of celebrities, political leaders, and high-profile individuals in the headlines in apposition with the deadly words, “suicide,” was unfathomable.
“South Korean [...]

Green McDonald’s and Missional Living

Reserved parking spaces for hybrid cars, tables and chairs made from recycled milk and detergent containers, and vegetative green roofs – these are a few of the 20 features that McDonald’s has conjured up to attract the eco-concious population (see Korea Times Article).

On top of that, today’s McDonald menu is vastly different from its menu [...]

Ministry and Life Transitions

3 days remain.
I only have 3 more days in Canada.
There are only 3 more days until my wife and I begin our new life in Seoul, Korea.
How did it get this way? How did we end up leaving our ministry and our life in Montreal to move to the other side of the world?  How were [...]

Sex Trafficking

“The CIA estimates that between 50 000 and 100 000 girls, boys and women are trafficked annually into the United States to be pimped out or sold for forced sex.  Worldwide more than 1 million people are trafficked across international borders against their will.”
“We are not finding victims in the United States because we’re not [...]

the full story – Michael Guglielmucci’s Deception

Almost a month ago, Michael Guglielmucci, a pastor in Australia who had written and sung “Healer” on the latest Hillsong album, came out and confessed that he had been living a life of deception.  For the past two years, he had deceived everyone, his wife and parents included, and told them that he had terminal [...]