Northern Roads by Jeremy Norton

Leadership

Discipleship, Leadership

3 MINISTRY TIPS I LEARNED FROM STYROFOAM GLIDERS

Our family was in a hotel recently and they had a kids treasure chest. At check-in, children can pick one item from the chest. In the chest, was a bunch of toys; a few of which were these styrofoam gliders.

The boys grabbed them with excitement and ran over to me. “Dad, check these out! Aren’t they awesome?”

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Discipleship, Leadership

3 REASONS WHY I’M GLAD WE MOVED INTO A FIXER-UPPER

We had been on the road for 4 days. We had travelled 2200 km from Calgary to Whitehorse. We had finally arrived at our new home; we were excited! Then the joy soon subsided. We discovered that our new home was not up to par.

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Discipleship, Leadership

3 TRUTHS I LEARNED DURING A DECADE OF WAITING

We finally left this morning. After years of waiting, we are on our way to the Yukon.

God has finally fulfilled the call that He placed on our hearts, almost a decade ago. Proof that God’s calling is sometimes on a very different calendar than ours.

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Discipleship, Leadership

3 QUESTIONS TO HELP US ACCEPT WHO WE REALLY ARE

Sometimes we want to be someone else.

It happens to the best of us. We see someone or something that we think should represent our life. It might be a nice car or name-brand clothing; perhaps a certain hobby or even a job or career.

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Communication, Leadership

3 THINGS WE SHOULD SAY BEFORE WE MOVE AWAY

As is the case with moving, it always comes up quicker than anticipated. Before we leave, there are 3 things we should and would say, but as is always the case, don’t have enough time to.

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Adventure, Communication, Leadership, The North

LONG GONE TO THE YUKON

Our call has been to make Whitehorse our permanent field of harvest for future ministry. God fast-forwarded that plan. On September 3rd, 2014, we began our journey North.

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Leadership, Outreach

WHAT IS SLAVE BEARD? – PART 3

Part 3 of My Interview with Founder, Adam Meyers. Today is our last day with Slave Beard. This past week, we’ve heard from founder, Adam

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Leadership, Outreach

WHAT IS SLAVE BEARD? – PART 2

Part 2 of My Interview with Adam Meyers. On Thursday, I brought you Slave Beard. Today we will continue our discussion with the man behind the

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Leadership, Outreach

WHAT IS SLAVE BEARD?

Skype Interview with Adam Meyers. Growing facial hair has become quite the trend. Many a hipster fella can be seen with a carefully twisted moustache

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Discipleship, Leadership

WHY I BELIEVE CHURCH MEMBERSHIP IS IMPORTANT

My whole adult life, even before I was in ministry, my wife and I entered into membership at our local church. Though it was never popular with our peer set, we felt compelled to do so. No matter where we’ve moved, we’ve been members of our local church ever since.

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Communication, Leadership

WHY THE POWER OF VOLUNTEERISM SHOULD NEVER BE UNDERESTIMATED

This weekend was amazing! As I stated in Friday’s post, we held our Spring Clean-Up Weekend at Whispering Pines Bible Camp. The weather was excellent

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Discipleship, Leadership

HOW BRANCHING OUT IS CONNECTED TO MENTORSHIP AND DISCIPLESHIP

Everyone needs to branch out. Though this term is related to trees, it ultimately relates to growth. Growth must happen in order to branch out. There comes a

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