December 2011
15 posts
Top Ten Tweets Of 2011
One of the unsung heros of the twelve days of Christmas is all the “Year in Review” shows you see on TV during this time. A barrage of sports highlights, top news stories, and newsmakers every December send me nostalgically thinking of the year that is now behind us.
Though I personally may not end up on TSN, Sportsnet, or CNN’s year-end show, I did manage to do a lot of...
Top 5 Favourite Posts #1 "November 14...Humbled"
When compiling this list, I had to laboriously look through all the blogs that I have written. This one I enjoyed the most. It wasn’t perhaps the funniest, the most clever, the most popular but I do think it was the most of what reflects my greatest desire- to see Jesus glorified and his name made great.
This post represents a great season of life in ministry leading with people that I love...
#2 "A Few Correlations"
I just like this one and wanted to dig it up, out of the blogging attic. It was good to bring back some old memories, struggles and laughs.
This is going to be a fun blog. Now, as a preface, I am fully aware of my personal limitations in several areas of the human experience. Two major issues I will not touch with a thirty nine and a half foot pole are: 1. Dispensing authoritative relational...
“The intensity of one’s response to the question, “Am I going to see...”
“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in...”
– Isaiah 26:3
#3 "8 Steps To Shipwreck Your Faith"
Perhaps no other blog has reflected my greatest fight in ministry, the battle against liberalism. It’s been said often, “Bad theology” hurts real people. I have seen liberalism take its destructive course on individuals, families, churches and even entire denominations. It is sad. It is predictable and it is seldom seen by those who are in the middle of it.
Camp Qwanoes has a...
Favorite Posts #4 "It Really Helps To Vote"
Though this was never really a popular blog, I think that this one is my favourite. I thought of it in the middle of voting for a municipal election and sped home (after the school zones) to write it out. I just really like what came out.
My friends often say, “You need to vote or you can’t complain.”
Ok. I just went to Irvine Elementary School and voted. Now it’s time...
Top 5 Favourite Posts #5 "Stuff Single People...
This post from 3 years ago got the most “Hey I liked your blog…” comments from people. Having had 3 more years experience and served as a young adults pastor for two of those years, I would add more to this list. For today, I will keep the post as it was. Enjoy.
We are a funny, predictable bunch us young and single adults. I will belabour to point a few of these predictable...
“At most holiday parties I feel like the bowl of salsa after the guacamole has...”
– Jim Gaffigan
Celebrating 5 Years Of Blogging
It’s hard to imagine that just five years ago I found an envelope under the tree with my name on it that would change everything. When I opened it up, I found a piece of paper also with my name on it. This time it was different though. This time there was a .ca at the end of it. It was a gift from my brother who was then but a budding web design student. Now he is the Matt Morrison, CEO of...
I was giving a budding blogger some advice on the “art of blogging” and among the pointers such as word count, paragraph brevity and subtitles, I caught myself in some hypocrisy.
“…and they say that if you want to keep people coming to your site you should update your blog consistently and predictably…But then again I’m too sporadic and never listen to them...
End Of Term Update
I made a newsletter for the folks back home. Thought I would share it here too.
Click on this link for the full PDF version.
Not Your Ordinary Exercise
I don’t know about you but I often get tired of getting dressed in the morning. I suppose being the son of an Image Strategist (whom I love dearly), the mantra of trying to “wear a ten” every day can wear you down over the long haul.
When I woke up this morning, however, something was different. I knew that it wouldn’t be your ordinary getting dressed day. As I was...
A Reminder.
Is Christian mission about preaching the gospel or doing acts of justice? Some say you shouldn’t ask either/or but both. This is reductionistic I feel. If you were to give $100 to “missions” (a label not particularly effective but it will do), how much of it would you want going to a Bible School and how much would you want going to the building of say…a well? Good...
“When you walk in the land of giants, you slowly get comfortable with feeling...”