And now to adjust

For the past decade my week has been filled with early mornings, lots of interesting meetings, many challenging matters and lots of travel. And now it has come to a screeching halt. The impact of this is just coming to land on me – on my pysche – on my soul. I knew a sudden…

Community service

“Your church building should be a hub, not a club.” That was the quote that caught me in our business leaders’ forum yesterday. A great presentation on the value of using our assets, particularly our buildings in reaching a community. Here’s some ideas: offer it to local groups for annual meetings, to kids who don’t…

Life in Edmonton

We often get quite a reaction when people ask us where we have moved from and we say “Toronto”. “OH! Do you know how cold it gets here?” they ask. When we tell them we’ve lived here before and that we also lived in Calgary they react differently – “oh, so that’s different.” We’ve lived…