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What Toyota Can Teach Us

I am a fan of Toyota.  I own one currently and have owned another one in the past.  They make great cars.
So it hurts me to see how they are responding to what is emerging as the greatest crisis Toyota has faced.  I want them to do better.  I want them to sell more cars. [...]

Crisis Reveals Character

I almost got into a fight yesterday.
Not bad for a pastor on a Sunday night.
The details aren’t that important, but let me just say it involved a hockey rink and another dad who started to act out toward my son.  I told him in no uncertain terms he needed to back off.  He then started [...]

What Scandalous Thing Have You Done?

So yesterday we suggested that simply reaching people who don’t go to church by nature is scandalous.  The very thought of reaching non churched people can offend Christians. It’s not we intend to offend, but the Bible suggests we just will.  Religious people get upset when non-religious people become the goal of a mission.
Today I’d [...]

Helping in Haiti

A note for my Canadian friends…for some ways to help with the situation in Haiti click over to the Connexus Blog.
I’m grateful to be part of a generous community at a time like this.  I love people who pray and act.  Thank you!
- Carey

How Jesus Might Respond to Haiti

We’re all watching and responding to what’s happening in Haiti.  We don’t know the full extent of what the damage is or how many have lost their lives. But we’re praying for them and responding to them.  And we should.  And we will. It’s incredibly sad.  I think it’s only appropriate that our attention, hearts [...]

The Christmas Dilemma

Christmas is an unusual holiday for Christians and church leaders.  It’s actually the only time of year in our communities where what happens in culture and what happens in church line up (even sort of). December is the only month you can hear songs about Jesus playing in malls.  Sure, there are more ‘happy holidays’ [...]

What I Learned About Church from Bono – Part One

A constant discussion at the leadership table at Connexus Church is how to engage Christians and people with no church background during the same service.
Musically, it’s tricky.  We have a fantastic music team.  Andy Walker, our director of music, has done an unbelievable job of crafting what I think is one of the best church [...]

Grieving MJ – or something else?

Today's service for Michael Jackson was fascinating for so many reasons.  
More people seem to have been moved by Jackson since he died than when he was alive.  So what's the deal?  

But it's not just MJ.  It seems like we have a growing need to acknowledge public passages more than ever before.  Think Princess [...]

Wanna Get Your Copy of Hip 2B Holy?

Many of you have asked how you can get a copy of Global TV's Hip 2 B Holy, a documentary that heavily profiled our ministry at Connexus and several other Ontario churches.

The cost is $30 CDN ($28 USD) + GST (6%) and PST (8%) for a total of $34.20 CDN.  Send your requests to:

90th Parallel [...]

Call Us Crazy, Please

Last night I was on a groups tour (we're visiting our community groups just to connect with folks and talk about life at Connexus). The tour's been great!
At one of the groups I was at last night, I caught a comment in passing that I loved.  One guy was telling me he was talking to [...]