Well summer is here. I love summer. The warm weather and sunshine make it almost irresistible. But as beautiful as summer is, the most irresistible force the world can know is the advance of God’s love into human lives. And that’s what we’re all about at Connexus all year round. And that’s what Bold is […]
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So many of us have been watching the flooding in Calgary this week as surging rivers have wiped out homes and competely flooded the downtown of the city that over 1 million people call home. Yesterday I connected with several church leaders we know in the city (and some Connexus friends who are near Calgary)
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Ever wanted to start something new, move forward, grow, but didn’t quite know what that looked like or how to get there? As a community, we just wrapped up the Your Next 40 Days spiritual journey, and we’ll be wrapping up the last message of Afterlife in Orillia on Sunday. Both the Your Next 40 Days
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So…we are on the other side of Your Next 40 Days. How’s it going? Today, we’re starting a series of posts about how to grow your faith. After all, that’s your goal, right? Whether you belong, believe or want to become, spiritual growth is something that unites us all. But the question is: How do
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Read Matthew 28:7 Reflect Recently, a close friend called me, unexpectedly to tell me he was going to be in town and hoped we could meet for lunch. I was so happy to hear from him and so excited at the prospect of seeing him again; my mind was racing as I ensured I had
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Read John 14:10 Reflect Is there an authority on truth? The idea that truth may be personally defined – what is true for me may not be true for you – is a popular one. People in western culture tend to be suspicious of anyone who claims to have a corner on truth. How do
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Read Luke 23: 32-43 Reflect When was the last time you were so hurt or frustrated you weren’t sure what was going to come out next? What did you feel? How did it end? When was the last time you hurt someone and the only thing you could do was ask for forgiveness? How did
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Read Matthew 28:16-20 Reflect You often hear people say that to believe in Jesus to become a Christian. And in many ways that’s true. But belief works both ways. One of the things few Christians talk about is that God also believes in us. Just look at the scene in today’s scripture passage. Jesus is
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Read Matthew 28:9-10; 16-17 Reflect We’ve been working through the resurrection story this week on Your Next 40 Days. I wonder if at any point this week you thought: If I only could have been there 2000 years ago and seen it for myself, I would have believed. But I didn’t see it for myself,
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The Afterlife. It’s something we all wonder about. Is there life after death at all? Are heaven or hell real? How do we know where we are going? Is there hope on the other side? How can we know the answers to these (and many more questions? This week at our Barrie campus we
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