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ABSENT
Click or not: ABSENTLast night I went to the premiere of a new documentary: ABSENT It is an extremely high quality feature length documentary produced by ICYA on student absenteeism in Manitoba, especially in Winnipeg’s North End. It powerfully communicates the mindblowing issue with clarity and sensitivity. It is available for free, you don’t even need a Netflix …
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Digital Distraction
Click or not: Digital DistractionSo…yesterday I got out my smartphone, a relatively new iPhone 16, and began going through it looking for anything that sucked my time, and deleting those apps. I deleted, Instagram, Apple News, a bunch of games, sports news apps, and just about anything that looked even a bit interesting to me. I was heartless to …
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You’re Better in Jail
Click or not: You’re Better in JailOver the years, I have known many people who struggle deeply with their mental health. Sometimes the struggle is so all-encompassing it changed their ability to walk through even small parts of life that many of us consider “normal.” Take for example, my friend who I will call Melody. Melody has a HUGE personality, and …
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I Worked 40 Hours Last Week!
Click or not: I Worked 40 Hours Last Week!Listen, I know that lots of people worked 40 hours last week, and maybe it’s not that unusual for people to do that, but for me 40 hours has been something I have not done since May of 2017. That’s nearly 2 years ago now. In May of 2017 I left work at Grace Point …
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Homelessness…Better than Living with Those Christians
Click or not: Homelessness…Better than Living with Those ChristiansMy friend, we’ll call him Larry, was living in this cool place, where a bunch of Christian people decided to live together and share their space. He loved living there, and loved the people, but every once in a while he would have arguments with them and get frustrated. I mean, who doesn’t have arguments …
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Grandma’s are Amazing…Sometimes
Click or not: Grandma’s are Amazing…SometimesI cry every time I think of the one time I had this conversation about Grandma’s. It occurred during a week that was very difficult, I was worn out from dealing with a number of different things, but especially trying to help one young woman. I’ll get back to the Grandma conversation in a bit. …
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Moving in PD
Click or not: Moving in PDMoving is one of those times where you might let people into your lives in a way that you normally wouldn’t. People see all your stuff, how clean you live, how poorly you are organized, and they see you on one of the most stressful days of your life. So, ask your close friends to …
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One Crazy Night
Click or not: One Crazy NightHere is something I wrote back in November, 2014, on a Monday. A bit of a draining night at Grace Point last night. Some of the kids showed up, and weren’t cooperating, and we were trying to kick them out, but they actually started physically beating on one of the women in our church. Eventually, …
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Diss-Respect
Click or not: Diss-RespectThere was a young girl who encapsulated the response I felt as a Pastor in Point Douglas. We were holding a day camp for the kids in the community, and one of the little girls (about 8 years old) was having a hard time listening, and was causing all kinds of difficulty for our leaders. …