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Healthy Community is where we learn to be Community

Posted on June 4, 2020June 4, 2020 by Michael Rose

The old joke says ‘Church would be awesome if it weren’t for the people’ and amidst a hearty chuckle, we sense a twinge of truth. Community is made of up human beings just like you and me - doing the best we can with what we have. They are places where imperfect people, those of...

The New Scorecard – Church

Posted on June 27, 2013January 31, 2017 by Michael Rose

There is a chronic issue that is burning out pastors and church leaders all over North America. It creates the environment for workaholism and often seriously sidelines many genuinely called and gifted ministers of the Good News. The root of much of this toxicity has to do with the way many evaluate and judge the success or failure of Church communities. ...

May 10, 2018
A Bridge or a Treadmill?

Okay, I admit it! I like retro cartoons - cartoons from my youth. I like the characters, the zany plots, the animation and the music. I guess somewhere deep inside me is a 10-year-old boy whose happiest times were watching the likes of Bugs Bunny, the Flintstones, and Scooby Doo. The other day I caught a...
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September 13, 2021
‘Enemy Love’ during a Pandemic

I was listening to a radio interview last week where the Chief of the Calgary Fire Department was being interviewed in response to a few CFD members participating in an anti-vax / anti-mask protest. During this interview, the Chief made the following statement a couple of times: (See related CBC article here) "There are some...
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April 19, 2016
Square Peg in a Round Hole World

David Hayward, aka as the Naked Pastor posted a cartoon recently (see above). This cartoon spoke to me, and I am beginning to understand why I resonate with it, and it is for deeply personal reasons. Confession time. I feel like a square peg, and I have all my life. For most of my...
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Tag: church growth

Healthy Community is where we learn to be Community

The New Scorecard – Church

Loved Dust

Whole Humans Need Whole Care

Love Builds Here

Talking About Death Without Losing Hope

A Christian with Asterisks