https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvUFGo-SXBc Promo Video for the new 'Beautiful Christ' book. It is subtitled, 'Why I believe, in an age of skeptics'. There are many objections and questions people have about faith, life, and the Church. This book includes topics like creation, science, evolution, suffering, science, church failures, difficult issues in the Bible,...
I have found some very interesting challenges online lately. I am presently trying a new weight loss one. I will let you know how that one works out. I have also challenged myself to try and explain why I believe in God, and specifically Jesus, in the best terms I...
I have friends who are Christian, some of other faiths, some who are atheists, and many who find themselves somewhere in between. Over the past years I have spent a significant amount of time reading, watching, and listening to people of every background talk about issues on faith, religion, science,...
The Power of Staying When speaking to churches and leaders I always emphasize that one of the keys to keeping generations active in their churches is by making constants in their lives. One sad fact is that generational ministers are generally very short term. The average stay for a youth...
Everyone has an idea or definition of what a church is. There are many who don't want any part of any church because of the experiences they had in one. It seems the actions of many have tainted the true definition of what the Church is. First, the Church is...
It was seven years ago my wife, kids, dog, cat, and I moved to Glace Bay to work towards starting a new church. Recently I was asked, 'Why do I think our new church start would succeed?' I live in an area where most churches are in serious decline, many...
Dear Senior Pastor and Leadership Team, My name is David Sawler. I am senior leader of a Church in Glace Bay, NS. For the past decade of my life I have been studying and speaking on the topic of why a vast number of the children, youth, and young adults...
For several years I was lead short term mission teams to areas surrounding Monterrey, Mexico. During most of our trips we stopped by a particular orphanage run by several Catholic Nuns. The children living there were kids that society and families either didn't want, had abandoned, or just could not...
Guest Blog by Cultural Rebel, Connie Smith Jakab On the way to church last week, my five year old asked me, “Mommy, why do we go to church?” Good question. I honestly had a hard time answering. For me, its just something I’ve always done since I was three....
For most of my life I have be involved with various extreme sports. If there is something I love it is to go fast. Whether it has been mountain biking, snowboarding, four wheeling, or being on my motorbike, there is an personal enjoyment in going fast. This had led to...
