7 Ways To Get Your Vision Back

Sometimes it is easy to lose sight of what’s important, where you’re going or how you intended on getting there in the first place. Every now and then a reminder or two is required if we are to keep our vision sharp and our goals in focus.

Word of Life Canada (the Christian non-profit organization where I work) recently transitioned its highest level leadership position. For 19 years Gary Stairs led the organization well and on April 27, 2012, Scott Foreman, was officially installed as our new Executive Director.

Scott & Rachel Foreman and Gary & Barb Stairs

Scott & Rachel Foreman and Gary & Barb Stairs

As the evening’s events unfolded, a beautiful picture of God’s grace was painted as times and events were recounted leading up to the selection and transition of Scott into the Executive Director role.

In almost 15 years of my association with Word of Life, I’ve had various roles and responsibilities. As much as I enjoy my ministry with Word of Life, Continue Reading…

Top Posts and Follow-up Observations for April 2012

To recap the last month, below are my top five posts for April 2012 and some observations based on the data from WordPress Site Stats and Google Analytics. It was a different month as far as post frequency and number of posts as I essentially took the last half of the month off because of the birth of our daughter on April 21st. Now, with her being more than two weeks old, we are getting into a bit of a rhythm in our household and thus back into the swing of things regarding the blog.

Top Posts for April 2012 - Graphic courtesy of Wordle.net

Graphic courtesy of Wordle.net

Because of the break I took, April ended up being what you might call a “hold its own” month. Had I continued my normal post frequency, it looks very likely that my blog would have continued the growth trend it has seen every month to date for 5 months previous, which is 35% growth each month. Thank you for reading!

Here are my top five posts:  Continue Reading…

Introducing Our New Little Girl, Olivia May Opal

By the content of my last post (5 Lessons I’m Learning About Life From A Very Pregnant Lady) some of you may have gathered why I’ve not had any subsequent posts.

I am proud to announce that my wife Lindsey gave birth to our daughter, Olivia May Opal, on Saturday, April 21st at 10:44pm. Weighing 9 lb, 3 oz and measuring 23 inches long, Olivia was and is a very healthy little girl. Momma’s doing just fine also.

Caleb meeting Olivia for the first time

Caleb meeting Olivia for the first time

We are so blessed and we praise the Lord for the safe and healthy arrival of our precious little girl.

In order for me to best help at home, I’m going to step away from blogging for a brief time and return in about a week or so… with all kinds of new parental insights, I’m sure :)

5 Lessons I’m Learning About Life From A Very Pregnant Lady

My wife is very pregnant. There is something odd about that phrasing, isn’t there? “Ummmm, very pregnant? Either you are or you’re not.” Should the state of being pregnant really be quantified?

Lyons Family Feb 2012
Lyons Family – February 2012

Just about any day now, my wife will give birth to our second child; the first was a boy, Caleb, and we’ve been told this one will be a girl. We are thankful to the Lord.

I said this is our second child but, it’s really our fourth. Continue Reading…

Church Central Leadership Community [Resource]

Two weeks ago I was given the privilege of being welcomed as a contributing blogger at the Church Central Leadership Community (www.churchcentral.com).

Church Central Leadership Community logo

I consider it a great honour to be included in this church health and development community that includes notable authors such as:

The following is an excerpt from the “About Us” page at Church Central: Continue Reading…

Why Being At Peace With a Decision Isn’t Always A Good Thing

There’s no doubt that some decisions are bigger than others and we’ve all had our share of big “do I or don’t I” decisions to make.

Hand checking off yes, making a decision

Image: Jeroen van Oostrom / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

We pray about it.

We seek wise counsel.

We labour through the thought process.

We create a pros and cons list.

We weigh our options.

Sometimes we agonize over which way to go. Continue Reading…

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