Happy Thanksgiving!

So much to be thankful as we move into Thanksgiving weekend. Here's just a few of the many blessings our God has poured out on me...

1. Salvation through Jesus Christ.
2. Amazing, beautiful wife, Sarah.
3. Our precious, handsome, growing son, Caleb.
4. Incredible families... who love us, support us, pray for us, etc? Probably the "stressful" choice these week with our families will be do we have a thanksgiving dinner at Hunts on Sunday and then one at Ibbotsons on Monday? or vice versa?
5. A warm house in our cool Canadian winter (which will soon be here) and an even more wonderful home filled with love and joy and grace. (mostly thanks to Sarah!)
6. Food and clothes... and plenty of them!
7. Our country of Canada
8. Work which allows me to use my gifts (teaching, administration & leadership especially) to honour and glorify God and see young people grow in the Lord Jesus Christ.
9. And incredible people to support and work with here at Prairie Christian Academy!
10. Our church community at the Prairie Tabernacle... a group of people that bless us and, we trust, we bless them also!
And so many more blessings too numerous to count! Thank You, Lord.

Interesting Website

Came across the following website that presents some very interesting food for thought. The site is maintained by Dr. Douglas Kmeic (a law professor) and suggests that though although US presidential candidate Barack Obama has stated that he is "pro-choice," his policies are more likely than those of John McCain to actually reduce the number of abortions in America.


I've been thinking about how our Christian community can encourage and support those women who make the good and right choice to not have an abortion but rather choose life in less-than-ideal circumstances and either raise the child or give him/her up for adoption.


On a tangential note, today is Caleb's seven month birthday! WOW! What a precious gift from God he is to us. We are going to have a "baby dedication" this Sunday, October 12, Lord willing, with the Prairie Tabernacle Congregation. Hopefully I'll post up a couple new pictures soon!

Books Books and more Books!

If one of the keys to continual growth as a leader is to be a regular reader, than I should be progressing well in the next few months. Yesterday, I received two emails inviting me to be part of a blog tour and thus will review two books upon their arrival. Later, I checked the mail and a parcel arrived from Amazon.ca with a pile of books. One is a new book by Stephen Altrogge titled Game Day for the Glory of God - a book that talks about two of my favorite topics: sports and theology. I'm especially hoping our PCA students will find this book valuable as they wrestle with what it means to live as a follower of Christ and be an intense, competitive athlete. Also, a grade 12 student here at PCA took it upon himself to lead a Bible study using Rick Warren's book The Purpose Driven Life. I think it is so great for high school guys to think about the topics in that book now (rather than when they get to a mid-life crisis!). Today, the Three Hills Ministerial had our monthly meeting with a special guest, Bruxy Cavy from the Meeting Place in Toronto. A copy of his book, The End of Religion, was given to each local church (and to me as the PCA representative) by the president of PBI, Dr Jon Ohlhauser, as Bruxy is here to speak at their Christian Life Week. Hopefully I will post some book reviews on each of these titles in the near future.