Been a while

Hard to believe its b een over a month since I last blogged... lots going on in life, that's for sure...

1) Three Hills Thrashers Jr B hockey team is doing well... Last weekend we won games in Red Deer (7-1) and Rimbey (6-0) and stayed at the Super8 in Rimbey. Of course, the Three Hills Thrashers management very kindly provided for me and my wife to stay at the the Super8 with the rest of the team. They have always treated me with abundant kindness and generosity and continue to extend that generosity to us. A great example of the importance of leaders being extra-good to their people.

2) This weekend we will celebrate the Hunt family Christmas before M&D Hunt head over to the Philippines to see Lois in a couple weeks. I am so blessed to have married into such a great family! They aren't perfect (no family is) yet they have certainly been nothing but encouraging, supportive and helpful to and Sarah and our growing baby in so many ways this year. I hear "in-law stories" and don't know what to say.

3) Lots going on at the Prairie Tabernacle too - a congregation I am privileged to serve as an elder. Every once in a while there's some situations/discussions that cause my mind to wonder how "thinking" and "spiritual" people can actually believe certain things about the nature of faith, the church, leadership, etc. Fortunately I'm reading through Alexander Strauch's book titled Leading with Love - but I confess that I have a hard time loving some of these dear people who at times seem more set on preserving a habit than of taking a moment to think through a situation.

4) Along with a great principal and associate principal, it is a real joy to work with the folks at Prairie Christian Academy... and the society board - who I am "officially" employed by - is incredible too! The chapel ministry seems to be going great and I'm so impressed by the quality of the student worship teams in the secondary school (esp).

Lots of other stuff happening in our lives too, but I'll end off with one last amazing blessing. Yesterday for the first time I felt baby kick/move in Sarah's tummy. WOW!!! Leaders, don't forget to enjoy the little blessings along the path that remind you Who is really in control!

Saturday night at home

After hockey season starts, it is quite strange for me to be "at home" on a Saturday night. However, despite the fact that our Three Hills Thrashers are on the road tonight in Claresholm, I decided to stay home. NO, my wife does not "make me" stay at home... I want to stay at home and spend time with her (and baby) and it truly does not feel like a "sacrifice" in any way. Of course, it does help to be able to hear the Hockey Night in Canada game in the background - Toronto vs Chicago... and to hear Canada's second national anthem a few minutes ago... and to know that the Flames and Oilers will be playing later... that should be good for our marriage... Sarah cheers for the wrong team and I'm a Flames fan! My amazing wife comes to our home games (usually on Friday nights) even though I'm immersed in the action and can't talk too much to her. But she loves me, is learning to like hockey, and believes this is part of our life/ministry together. Yes, I'm too blessed!

Amazing Technology for an Amazing Baby

On Monday, Sarah and I had an appointment in Calgary for the 4-D ultrasound. And we had the incredible privilege of seeing our little baby in all his/her at 18 weeks! It is incredible to live in an age of such technological development... and to be able to see baby's legs, arms, head, eyes, ears, nose, mouth... which was moving fairly steadily... must get that from his/her grandma(s)!
And yes, the lady doing the ultrasound could measure the length of baby totally, of the femur, kidneys, liver, etc, etc. We bought the $20 DVD of a couple of real-time pictures and then showed them to both M&D Hunt and M&D Ibbotson. Of course baby is/will be amazing - after all, look who his/her parents are! (just kidding, sorta) Actually, its really "How Great is our God"... Yes, we've been enjoying that Chris Tomlin song lots in the past few months!

Of course, with such amazing technology as this, no person on the planet has any rational argument to deny that life begins at conception (and thus abortion is murder)... but "willful ignorance." Remember Spiderman 1:1 - "With great privilege (aka living in this age of technology) comes great responsibility."