I Decided to
How you view setbacks will determine how far you go. Did you notice I didn’t say how you handled setbacks, but rather how you viewed them? And how you view setbacks is decided by the first thing you decideto say about them. Example: my father is a positive person, ergo he dealt with nearly everything I can recall positively, including negative things. There were very few … Continue reading I Decided to
No Married People Problems
There are no married people problems. Before you prove me wrong by pointing me to your marriage (which has obvious problems), let me beat you to it by admitting ours is definitely a work in progress too. So let me say this: There are no married people problems, only people with single people problems who get married. This slightly revised concept of Andy Stanley’s retains … Continue reading No Married People Problems
The Haiti Arise Prank
Never prank someone before, during, or after a mission trip. Our friends Marc and Lisa Honorat attend Venue Church when they’re not overseas and are doing our Missions Sunday October 7 (10:30 am at the Bert Church Theatre). They’ve known me forever, maybe they would say too long? Pastor Marc was a child slave in Haiti and eventually adopted by a Canadian woman before answering … Continue reading The Haiti Arise Prank
When Worlds Collide
I hate having smirky kids. Oh, it’s not that they have bad attitudes (most of the time), they’re just smirky and confident. They got it from me but it doesn’t help when they’re using my tricks against me. Obviously something happened that made me think this and here’s the story: We started up our small groups for Venue across the City this week and have … Continue reading When Worlds Collide
Details
Details details. I hate details. Even the word details is boring. Process. Policy. Procedure. Boring. Venue is just out of the church planting stage where everything is Idea! Adrenaline! Run! This is fairly normal in any successful startup where the leader has to be both the visionary and the main operator, in fact startups don’t last if there’s not a visionary in the drivers seat. … Continue reading Details
The Tree Stop
As soon as I wrote this title I really wanted to tell the story of when my brother in high school came into my parents house at eleven at night as white as a ghost and said “Corey. I just hit the neighbour’s tree with dad’s van!” Did he stop for the tree? Yes he did. But that’s not what I really wanted to write … Continue reading The Tree Stop
First Day of School
Most parents in the city are experiencing two warring emotions this week. Emotion one is straight up relief that our kids will now be annoying their teachers at school instead of each other at home. Emotion two is one that I’m not really allowed to admit because I’m a man… I’m a bit worried for them on their first day. School can be a harsh … Continue reading First Day of School
