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Dream a little Dream with Me

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…

This little saying was in my inbox the other morning. It is a snippet from Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder, the story about a person named Paul Farmer and his work in Haiti, Peru, Cuba and Russia. Farmer is a physician and medical anthropologist spending his career working to improve healthcare for some of the poorest…

I’ve spent many years learning how to fix life, only to discover at the end of the day that life is not broken There is a hidden seed of greater wholeness in everyone and everything. We serve life best when we water it and befriend it. When we listen before we act. In befriending life,…

Take your shoes off in the garden of my soul for it is holy ground. You are welcome in the vulnerability of your bare feet to spend some time and be refreshed. All I ask is that you stay to the path as not to trample and crush the most delicate of new vegetation, and…

It was a simple statement on my feed this morning. They stated, “Faith and worry cannot co-exist.” With a sigh, I asked, “So then why is it that fear and faith co-exist all the time?" We have to do better than mere platitudes. Surely Christian spirituality is more robust in the crucible of real life.…

“You must descend from your head into your heart. At present, your thoughts of God are in your head. And God himself is, as it were, outside you, and so your prayer and other spiritual exercises remain exterior. Whilst you are still in your head, thoughts will not easily be subdued but will always be whirling about, like snow in winter or clouds…

A father had two sons, and one of his sons came to him and said, “Dad, I have been thinking it’s time for me to leave and find myself. I need to figure out who I am and make my own fortune, my own way in the world. So, what I would like is for…

It is important to be specific and clear what we mean when we talk about love. There are many different kinds of expression of love but having a solid living/working definition of love is crucial.

I don't know why but for some reason I have this hangover from my early religious training - that God abhors a mess. There was a season many years ago that I can remember teaching that the Father actually turned His face away from Jesus on the cross because Jesus was becoming sin (on our…

Is there a place for using a potty-mouth in prayer? You know, profanity, swearing. In a moment of angst, and no other word will do, is it okay for followers of Jesus to let fly with the nasty four-letter words? Never? Maybe? Depends on the word? As long as you conjugate them properly? What’s your…

August 16, 2019
An Open Heart even when it’s Breaking

[August 6, 2019] The test results got flagged. In short order, she was in another city for hi-res diagnostic imaging. The radiologist enters the consulting room. You could tell the news wasn't good, especially when it starts with "I'm so sorry..." Within a week she was scheduled for a biopsy of the bigger tumour and within a few days, confirmation Continue Reading...
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May 31, 2013
Becoming Christian Community on the Go!

I used to believe that before we could do out reach we had to have our own house (read church) in order. And while this is partially true, the reality remains we will never see our church in perfect order. This being the case, we will never leave the four walls of our building to reach out to others. The tragic thing Continue Reading...
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November 13, 2011
Being More or Doing More?

The wrestle with the dichotomy of being and doing comes from the emptiness that often accompanies doing religious things out of religious obligation. The idea that we have to do things for God for love, acceptance, duty, forgiveness. For many Christians this thinking sets us up for spiritual burnout. Many pastors burn out because they are so busy trying to Continue Reading...
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