I was nostalgic walking through the space where we’ve been for the first three years of our journey as Venue Church last Sunday. I recounted how difficult it was to do a startup of any sort in a time of economic downturn, and how fortunate we are that we not only built a great community of people moving together for the good of our city, … Continue reading Farewell Bert Church Theatre
Now you might be a man who’s on the ball and thoughtful and doesn’t mess up Christmas present buying like the rest of us. Firstly we’re proud of you. Secondly we hate you a little for making the rest of us look bad. I normally start thinking about buying Christmas presents about a week out. I have no idea why. Every year I watch my … Continue reading How Men Shop at Christmas
There are worse things in life than being a Yes Man (or woman or child or animal or plant…) I gather the term generally takes a negative note when saying of oneself “I’m not a Yes Man (etc etc)!”, but there are worse things in life. Have you ever met a No Man? (I can’t do this anymore so let’s refer to them as No … Continue reading Yes People
I like eating garbage. Garbage is delicious. French fries. Nasty burgers. Ribs. You know… garbage. My ideal healthy living would be watching my wife eat salads while I eat whatever I want and having the benefits of her habits appear in my body. My ideal exercise would be riding one of those weird looking tandem bikes at the gym in that one Simpsons episode. Mr … Continue reading Eating Garbage
It all began years ago in Haiti… My wife and I had taken a group of Canadian high school students to Haiti for some relief work with Haiti Arise (ironically headquartered in Airdrie) when I discovered “The Beautiful Game”. I was dressed in semi-formal clothes wearing semi-formal shoes (I had been working with some of the church leaders I think) when the Haitian guys challenged … Continue reading Liverpudlian
Halloween is an interesting time of year. Greedy little savages going door to door demanding sweets of people who don’t owe them anything “Or else!”, which we hand over unhesitatingly because they wear disguises to hide their identities. It’s weird. And we plan for it ahead of time to avoid the wrath of whatever gods may be on the creepiest night of the year. “I … Continue reading 4 Peanuts and a Smile
I think it was my aunt that asked us when Erin and I were closer to “newly married” than we are now “What is your favourite animal?” “Tiger!” I said. “Golden Retriever!” She said. “Now what are your three favourite things about that animal?” Erin: “They’re loyal, easy to train, and good with kids!” Corey: “They’re focused, powerful, and you don’t see them coming until … Continue reading Your Favourite Animal
