Yearly Archives: 2010

There are those days where I know I should be tired but what I am doing energizes me.

Today I was working on some administration for an upcoming seminar we are giving on addictions and being what God intended for each one of us.  Dr. David Eckman is the speaker.  I’ve heard him and read his books, and feel this is a worthwhile opportunity!

So, April 24-25th – if you are around  the Kindersley area drop in an join us.  I’ll try and include most of the information below – hopefully the formatting won’t go all “wonky!”

Weekend Focus

This weekend’s sessions arose out of a concern with addiction-misuse in the West Central District of Saskatchewan. An effort sponsored by DAWN (Drug and Alcohol Awareness Wellness Network) alerted many to the need for education and understanding of the problems associated with addictions. The churches of the Kindersley Evangelical Fellowship have combined efforts to bring a foremost authority in this area to address these issues – useful both to those with addictions and those dealing with the addicted.

Guest Speaker

Dr. David Eckman received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Houghton College, a Master of Divinity degree from San Francisco Conser-vative Baptist Seminary and a Master of Theology degree from Golden Gate Seminary. After completing six years of graduate research at Oxford University in England, David received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Golden Gate Seminary in San Francisco, California. His scholarship is combined with 30 years of experience as pastor, counselor, teacher and conference speaker.

Weekend Schedule

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Dealing with Addictions

(9:30 am – 3:15 PM)

Kindersley Christian Fellowship

800-12^th Avenue East, Kindersley

9:30 am Registration

10-11:00 The Addictive Cycle – Part 1

11:15-12:15 The Addictive Cycle – Part 2

12:15pm Lunch (Included in Registration)

1:00 – 2:30 The Challenge of Family Backgrounds

2:30 – 3:15 Question & Answer

$30.00 registration for session

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Kindersley Evangelical Fellowship Combined Service

(11:00 am)

Kindersley Alliance Church

74 West Road, Kindersley

Dr. Eckman Speaking

Becoming What God Intended

(2:00 – 4:30 PM)

Kindersley Christian Fellowship

800-12^th Avenue East, Kindersley

2:00 – 4:00 Becoming What God Intended

4:00 – 4:30 Question & Answer

Registration not required

Free will offering to cover expenses

I’ve started to venture into the world of David Timms.  He sends out a regular email/thought provoker called IN HOPE.  Here’s the website where you can get a description – http://www.growingdeeper.com/In_HOPE.html.  You can check out some of the archived articles at http://www.hiu.edu/inhope/.

Here’s one sentence out an article called Face, Pace, Grace.

Eugene Peterson’s confrontational words still ring true: “The word busy is the symptom not of commitment but of betrayal. It is not devotion but defection. It is an outrageous scandal, a blasphemous affront.”

OK, so I’m a bit on this track of Sabbatical and rest.  Anything you’ve found that might be helpful?

My father used to wonder how I could write a blog regularly.  There were days where I just had a word, or a phrase or a visual. 

When I would sit down the words would start to come.  Some call it free association.  I guess I just think of it as following my thoughts.

My father loved to find the bookmark to my blog.  Not for some kind of brilliance, I think, but perhaps for his son’s thoughts.

Now that he has died, I cherish that thought.  And perhaps I write as though he were still listening.  About nothing and everything.  For the enjoyment of it.

My sister directed me to her Facebook pictures today.  She lives in the southern part of Saskatchewan where snow has piled up over the weekend.  Fifteen feet high in some places – like their driveway.  You can bodysurf down the drift!  You can’t get to town!

I was reminded of the stories my parents had told.  In 1955 I had been taken to the town hospital.  Their farm yard ended up being covered while I was there.  Their hired man (whom I understand lived elsewhere) came and picked me up.  He took me back and carried me into the farm.  There is a picture of some of those drifts.

In my mind I have always thought these were fictional pictures even though people were in the picture who could be identified.  Why my mind twisted that event, I’m not sure.  Perhaps it had to do with detachment issues?  Or the fact I’ve never seen that much snow on the Saskatchewan plains?

Well, today I’ve had to repent.  I now believe!