Tag: community

Dream a little Dream with Me

Posted on by Michael Rose
I have been asked, “Where are you coming from with IamSignificant.ca?  Is it self-help/ self-improvement? Or is it spiritual / faith stuff?  Grief/loss care?  What is it?”  I smile and say, “Yes, and more!“ I am coming from a place that mystic and monk Thomas Merton so aptly states – it’s all spiritual, or none…
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Loving our Lepers

Posted on by Michael Rose
There is an old story about St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226), the founder of the Catholic order known as the Franciscans. The story goes that Francis was revolted by people with leprosy. As you may be aware, leprosy is a horrible and disfiguring disease.  While leprosy is curable today, people did suffer terribly and from…
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Healing through Love

Posted on by Michael Rose
“Hurt people, hurt people.”  Have you ever heard this saying? We all can recall a time when we have been on the receiving end of a hurting person, and truth be told, there are probably a few occasions where we have been the person doing the hurting.  When we don’t deal with our hurt and…
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Oh Father – Our Right of Prayer?

Posted on by Michael Rose
There was a bit of controversy in our small country town.  One of the public elementary school’s staff and students have been starting each school day by reciting the Lord’s Prayer – until the school administration received a letter from a mom describing herself as agnostic,  expressing concern that on two separate occasions, her sons returned home after…
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It Cuts Both Ways

Posted on by Michael Rose
“So, how did you find yourself living in Arizona?” I asked the twenty-something year old during a recent visit to the United States.   She took a deep breath and told me that she and her family are Muslim and lived in Bosnia during the war which saw the country torn apart by terrible conflict…
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church success re-evaluated

The New Scorecard – Church

Posted on 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. …
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