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Hallowed be Thy Game

On Sunday afternoon, February 28th, 2010 – God willing – the Canadian Men’s Olympic Hockey Team will be going for gold. There’s no question that this event will be the highlight of Vancouver’s games, and that the vast majority of us – the faithful – will be there, on the edges of our couches, glued [...]

“How Did it Go?” “Thanks for Asking!” – A Report from Vital Church Planting East 2010

The fourth annual Anglican church planting conference, hosted jointly by the Diocese of Toronto and the Wycliffe College Institute of Evangelism, took place last week at St. Paul’s Bloor Street. Numbers at this conference have grown from 60 in 2007 to 180 this time. As one of my colleagues commented, “Aslan is [...]

Stucco Jesus: a Review of Henry Poole is Here

One of my favorite songs of recent memory is Tom Waits’ Chocolate Jesus because it so well captures and subverts our Western culture’s obsession with do-it-yourself “spirituality” (a nefarious term which, by the way, now only functions as a short form for “anything goes”).  With his distinctive voice, once described as sounding “like it was [...]

• “Fresh Expressions is proof the church is not dying” says Archbishop
• ‘Seeing what God is doing and joining in.’
• No Plan B!
• Mission-Shaped Intro Off to a Great Start in Toronto
• Port Colborne’s Church on Tap Featured in Fresh Expressions UK Podcast

• Jamie Howison – Shaping a New Kind of Church – March 10th – Toronto, ON
• Cultivate: a Learning Party – March 20th – Hamilton, ON
• 7th Annual Institute of Evangelism Dinner – March 25th – Toronto, ON
• Vision Day – April 10, 2010 – Waterloo ON
• Vision Day – April 17, 2010 – Orangeville ON

• FXCA march update by Nick Brotherwood
• “Fresh Expressions is proof the church is not dying” says Archbishop by Nick Brotherwood
• Hallowed be Thy Game by John van Sloten
• FXCA february update by Nick Brotherwood
• ‘Seeing what God is doing and joining in.’ by Nick Brotherwood

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• George Porter on Hallowed be Thy Game
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• RON M WEEKS on Is Fresh Expressions just the latest "…
• RON M WEEKS on Vision Day - April 17, 2010 - Orangevi…

I recently spent an intense two weeks “on the road,” in teaching and evangelism. At the end of that time, coming home was a great delight, not least because of moving from minus 30 temperatures in Edmonton to plus 10 in Hamilton! My guess is that most of us have known that same sense of [...]