I Love My Church | Church is Bigger Than Us One incredible missions project is Open Arms International. It’s an international humanitarian and development organization dedicated to raising children in Africa and India orphaned by AIDS, civil warfare, disease or other tragedy to reach their full potential. OAI also works with families and their communities [...]

I Love My Church | Church is Bigger Than Us I am committed to investing my life in other leaders and especially those from nations not as blessed as Canada. LifeMissions gives me this incredible opportunity. While I travel all over the world, it is not hard to see that we have enormous resources to [...]

I Love My Church | Church is Bigger Than Us In just a few weeks we are planting a new campus of Lifecentre in Blackburn Hamlet. As a result, I have been spending time talking, walking, and driving through this community. Each time I do, my heart begins to swell within me with one resound…. [...]

I Love My Church | What is Your Ultimate? I remember at time when I had just had the opportunity to speak to a great man of God. I asked him one question: “What would you say to a young guy in ministry?” His response really caught by surprise. “Be careful what you watch?” I [...]

I Love My Church | What is Your Ultimate? God’s authority trumped mine when I became the LifeARTS pastor of the Lifecentre. I had just had Vienna and was ready for a year of maternity leave from teaching. I remember when I received the call to ask me to accept the position as the LifeARTS [...]

I Love My Church | What is Your Ultimate? My husband and I were busy working parents and I was also in my final year of Bible School so we had not been out on a “real” date in sometime. We were HUGE Shania Twain fans and we heard that she was coming to Ottawa [...]

I Love My Church | What is Your Ultimate? Authority is one of those words that can make you feel a little uncomfortable. There have been many times in my life where this little rebellious streak has reared itself and no matter what anyone said I was going to do what I wanted to do. [...]

I Love My Church | What is Your Ultimate? When I became a follower of Jesus I was at the lowest point in my life. Outwardly, I was a success. Great job, beautiful wife, two healthy children, money in the bank and a full life as a fitness and karate instructor. I rode a motorcycle [...]

I Love My Church | What is Your Ultimate? Over the summer I was listening to Matt Chandler speak on authority. He framed the question this way, “Who Is Your Ultimate?” When you think about it for a moment, each of us have “an ultimate”. Something that is final in our lives. A philosophy, experience, [...]

I Love My Church | The Eight-Letter Word: Practice Spiritual Maturity Is a Process… Where Do You Need To Grow? I would say the biggest area that I am working on right now is being critical. I struggle with this at times and I don’t know why. I find myself very quick to judge other [...]