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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…

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…

Resolved in the Resurrection

While a departure from my normal run of posts, the topic matter covered here is absolutely at the core of what I believe. I am indebted to Dale Flynn for this guest post; he has clearly put into words what I was struggling to arrive at in my writing. I trust this, if nothing else, at least helps you think about the most important things in your life.

Dale and his wife, Liz, are Word of Life Local Church Ministries missionaries in eastern Maryland. Dale is a Local Church Ministries curriculum editor and is the editor of the Ministering to the Minister E-Transfer national electronic Pastor’s newsletter. Questions or comments about this post may be addressed to Dale at dflynn@wol.org or in the comments section below.

One of the greatest opportunities for us to witness is now upon us, Easter, which I prefer calling Resurrection Sunday. It affords us a natural opening to share the Good News of the substitutionary death, burial, resurrection, and bodily appearance whereby Jesus was seen of many witnesses.

Empty Tomb

Graphic courtesy of: www.icr.org

Please make an effort to let your light shine. There are plenty of hurting people out there that are desperately in need of hope.  Continue Reading…

The Calf Path: Who Do You Follow?

I must admit, I’ve not been a huge fan of poetry in my life. However, this past weekend I heard someone quote a poem that not only taught a valuable, moral lesson but it was also one of the most applicable and relevant presentation illustrations I have ever heard.

Calf staring

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One of the young men this past weekend presenting in the Expositional Preaching category at Central Ontario Regional Teens Involved, gave a message titled, “Follow.” It was very well done and one of the best things about it was the relevance of his main illustration, a poem called, “The Calf Path.” Continue Reading…

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