It would be great to crush your New Year's resolutions for once, wouldn't it? I mean you try, but why does it seem so difficult to actually make progress in life? I get that. I think we all have a few resolutions that make it on the list every year,
So you’ve drafted some New Year’s resolutions for 2017. You desperately want to live a new story…but how do you rewrite you? Believe it or not, that's something God is deeply interested in as well. As Paul reminds us, if anyone is in Christ, he or she is a new
By Jeff Brodie, Lead Pastor at Connexus Church If you’ve been around Connexus over the past few weeks, you’ve likely been a part of being actively FOR our city in some way. If you haven’t, let me give you a glimpse of the amazing wave of generosity that we’ve experienced
Ever wonder what it actually means to be a Christian? I know that sounds like a simple question…but it's more complicated than it first appears. Like, for example, how do you know you're a Christian? Let me ask you, have you ever doubted whether you're actually a Christian? Whether you're
By Carey Nieuwhof, Founding & Teaching Pastor at Connexus Church So you might have noticed there’s this tension in parenting. Okay . . . you may have noticed, there are 1,000 tensions in parenting, but today I’m going to focus on just one. What tension you ask? The tension between
by Carey Nieuwhof, Founding & Teaching Pastor at Connexus Church So your kid comes up to you and asks, “Dad, how do we know there’s a God?” And you . . . freeze. You say something like “Because I believe there’s a God,” or “We just know,” or “Because there is,”
by Carey Nieuwhof, Founding and Teaching Pastor at Connexus Church The news is heartbreaking enough to take in as a parent. Terrorist attacks. Mass killings. Planes blowing up. Beheadings. I know…please just stop right there. Add to that the political chaos that seems to dominate the headlines, climate change, job
by Carey Nieuwhof, Founding and Teaching Pastor at Connexus Church So what do you do when your pre teen or teen doesn’t want to hang out with you as a parent anymore? That can be a hard question to answer. In fact, while there’s a mountain of advice for parents
By Carey Nieuwhof, Teaching Pastor at Connexus Church Ever wonder why some of the things you’ve wanted for so long actually seem so….unsatisfying once you get them? This can happen with your kitchen re-model (after you noticed your neighbour did something a bit nicer), with that career you worked so
by Diane Gratrix, Orillia Campus, Guest Services Volunteer & Starting Point Facilitator Welcome to Day 19 of the 24 Day Devotion. So glad you’re joining us! Each day for 24 days as a church, we’re going to read one chapter of the Gospel of Luke and post a devotion on
