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ET_BLOGS

The main reasons why we are starting ET_BLOGS are to explore, discover, and reflect on where God is calling us, both on a personal level and as a church. We want to create a space that gives us the freedom to discuss the things that we learn and struggle with. Sometimes these will be reflections from sermons, community activities, or even personal times of silence and solitude with God.

ET_BLOGS isn’t meant to be a place where we necessarily provide answers and theological doctrines, although you may find your theology stretched. It isn’t meant to simply update you on church activities, although you may be invited to join in. It isn’t just to make you more aware of community issues, although you may start to see God as much in the community as you do in the church. The hope of this space is that you will engage with us as we journey together in fully responding to who God is. We plan to have some regular contributors and some guest writers from time to time.

If you would also like to contribute to ET_BLOGS, please contact [email protected].

•October 9, 2014•By

Reflections on the Elections, Part 3: Meet the Candidates

By: Annie When we talk about serving at church or leadership, it’s often focused on what people aren’t doing.  Look at all these vacancies.  Why aren’t more people stepping up?  If you’d only put your trust in God, you could do great things.  I’m not saying there’s no value in that line of thinking, but what’s...
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•October 3, 2014•By

Reflections on the Elections, Part 2: A New Perspective

By: Annie When we talk about serving at church or leadership, it’s often focused on what people aren’t doing.  Look at all these vacancies.  Why aren’t more people stepping up?  If you’d only put your trust in God, you could do great things.  I’m not saying there’s no value in that line of thinking, but...
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•October 3, 2014•By

Reflections on the Elections, Part 1: Happiness

By: Annie When we talk about serving at church or leadership, it’s often focused on what people aren’t doing.  Look at all these vacancies.  Why aren’t more people stepping up?  If you’d only put your trust in God, you could do great things.  I’m not saying there’s no value in that line of thinking, but...
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•April 14, 2014•By

Success

By: Chara Benson, Role Model Moms Last week, one of my students (who only needs to pass math but is struggling with attendance) showed up to class on a day that she didn’t have to in order to catch up.  She ended up helping me tutor shome of the other girls on the matieral she...
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•February 14, 2014•By

cultivating community

By: Jeremy “it is too small a thing…” God’s a little ridiculous sometimes.  He just doesn’t make sense.  He has all these grand plans, but calls us to do it.  It’s almost like He is this eternal optimist, idea person, who wants to get everything done.  Check it out in Isaiah 49.  He says, “It...
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•January 10, 2014•By

“man-crushing”

By: Jeremy One of the most common things to do as we hit the New Year is to make some type of New Year’s Resolution.  Usually the focus is on diet, exercise, or trying some new (or correcting some old) habits.  The motivation behind it all, though, is a desire to be this ideal person,...
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•December 23, 2013•By

Journey to China

Dear Church, I had the privilege of joining a well-established medical mission team in November, a surgical team that returns to Kunming, China, twice a year for the past 10+ years. During this recent trip, we performed 56 surgeries to treat longstanding burn injuries and repair cleft palates/lips. At the beginning, to be honest, I...
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•December 18, 2013•By

living freely

Ever since the first iPad came out, I have always wanted one and I figured maybe this would be the year.  Fortunately, I chose not to buy one this past Black Friday and Cyber Monday.  It might have had to do with me retweeting the Poverty Elimination Strategy report by Social Planning Toronto.  Wouldn’t that...
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•December 2, 2013•By

Advent Week 1

Isaiah 65:17-25, Luke 23:33-43, Romans 13:11-14 clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ Ugh. It’s been two weeks since preaching on Jesus on the cross and I still can’t get the image out of my mind.  I even specifically preached on forgiveness yesterday and somehow I feel like I can’t forgive myself and let go...
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