The vision of the Free Methodist Church is to see a healthy church within the reach of every Canadian and beyond. Here are some of the ways that we are currently working to make that happen.
Of course, it has always been kind of easy to start a fight in the church, even if you don’t mean to. I remember sitting with the board of a church and talking about the church as a family. One man strenuously objected and said, “No, it’s a body.” He […]
Be Quick to Hear and Slow to Speak Read More
The following needs to be said. It is long overdue, and I apologize for that. Thank you pastors. This has been a long weird season, and you have had to servant lead through it even though there really wasn’t a “Get Through the Pandemic” class. It has felt like a
An Overdue Thank You! Read More
The church I grew up in is turning 100 years old. I have been seeing letters and Facebook posts, pictures, and videos celebrating this milestone, and it’s been nice because I liked my church when I was growing up. It was a good place. I have been thinking about the
I am listening to a podcast from Christianity Today called The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill. This blog isn’t about promoting the podcast but sharing a quote from it that has rattled around in my brain for a couple of days. Paul David Tripp is an author, counsellor, and
Let me start with a quote. It’s from five to ten years ago. I am not sure who originally said it. Ready? “I will never watch church on a screen.” Remember that? Yet here we are, and most of you have probably watched church on a screen. Now to be
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For the most of my adult life I have lived at least two provinces away from my folks, so, like any good son, I check in with them at least every couple of weeks. Back in olden times, those check-ins were full conversations with lots of stories and catching up,
There are Still Good Stories Read More
Wearing masks, following government restrictions, getting vaccines, and churches closing their doors and meeting online, these are all things we can agree on right? No, we cannot and have not agreed, and it has not been nice which is the problem. Church people, brothers and sisters in Christ who used
Building Loving, Caring Relationships in the Church Read More
A lot of things are still up in the air in terms of making plans, what’s going on with the pandemic, and what “normal” will be. There is a wide variety of responses to whatever is next which includes everything from “I can’t wait to get back to…” to “It
Making Disciples – No Exceptions Read More
I recently participated in a webinar about church health measures for the local church hosted by an international ministry. The idea was to take a look at the things churches and leaders needed to pay attention to in a post pandemic landscape. I am not here to rag on the
The other day, I was talking with some leaders about basic discipleship stuff, and one of them caught me. They said, “You are talking like we are going to be able to do all the things we used to be able to do before the pandemic.” They weren’t being mean.
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