Many years ago I dreamed of having a beautiful wife. Someone told me that such a dream was inconsistent with my other goals – that all of my other goals were highly altruistic while the dream of a totally beautiful wife – one who was as beautiful on the inside as on the outside, was selfish. After thirty two years of marriage, I’m glad I held out for my dream. When I proposed to my wife she expressed her desire to travel and her concern that if...

According to Impact Canada www.impactcanada.org 80% of Canadian churches are either plateaued, declining or disintegrating. Such statistics are alarming but perhaps not surprising. - How many boring church business meetings have you attended? - How many board meetings seem to cover the same ground over and over again. - Despite all of your hard work, is your ministry taking new ground for God? The statistics would say that most Canadian churches are going around...

I love Gary R Collins blog People Builders. In his latest issue Gary talks about athletes feel pressured to perform. Obviously its not only athletes that feel this pressure. The pressure to perform is real and for many of us it comes from within. As Christian leaders, some of us misinterpret Paul’s declaration that he could do all things through Christ’s strength to state that we can do everything. We commit and commit until overwhelmed. Then we come...