Rather than staying at a hotel, we went to a Methodist guest house. We were picked up in the mornings by Bible Society staff and were driven around Nairobi. It was the first African city I had ever visited. A lot different than Canadian and American cities. We were taken to one of the largest […]
The year after our cross-Canada bike ride I had another amazing adventure – I went to Africa. Yowza! The Canadian Bible Society had a program for the district directors called “Travel for Training”. After 5 years of service each of the directors was eligible to take a trip to areas that were receiving funds from […]
We made it home. Have been reflecting on our trip to Mexico and my attitude toward the trip has changed. I had thought about it as a vacation but now I think of our condo in Nuevo as another home. We have made many new friendships and are part of a different community. On Saturday […]
With this post I wish to make a public apology for statements I made about the Rev. Robert Deasley, who had pastored the Church of the Nazarene in Rimbey. His son Stephen commented on my blog and pointed out where I had misrepresented his father. Rather than trying to paraphrase him, I will present his […]
By the time we made it through the Rockies I started to hit my stride. I had become a sort of unofficial chaplain on the ride. I was asked many mornings to share a devotional thought before we climbed into our saddles and began pedaling. After the ride I gathered a number of these devotionals […]
What an amazing 12-year journey we had with the Canadian Bible Society. Met some fantastic people that taught me an awful lot and had some almost unbelievable adventures. I learned a lot about the history of this venerable old organization. I learned that it was once an extension of the British and Foreign Bible Society […]
Wow! I had made it through my SARS scare unscathed and could now fully concentrate on my new job. There is a congregation of the Church of the Nazarene in Saskatoon. My good friend Doug Cooney had returned from Manchester and had accepted the assignment to serve as pastor in the Louise Street Community Church. […]
I needed to have my ankle operated on, so early the next morning Iona drove me to the Royal University Hospital to begin the process. We were at the hospital for around 6 hours, waiting and waiting. Finally saw an orthopedic surgeon who said he would schedule me for surgery the next day at City […]
In July of 2002 we moved to Saskatoon, and I started a 12 year journey that would end in my returning to pastoral ministry in May of 2014. And what a journey it was! I met some amazing people during my time with the Canadian Bible Society (CBS). People from all denominations and backgrounds. We […]
Winnipeg was a tough time for us. Now that doesn’t mean that it was all bad and that there weren’t really good bits as well. When we first arrived, we knew that Laura wasn’t very happy with the move. She had just begun fitting in in Edmonton. The church in Winnipeg had very few girls […]