Wonderful Anniversary Celebration

To celebrate our 16th wedding anniversary (& b/c we weren't able to celebrate our 15th anniversary in style), I took my wife to eat out at the Calgary Tower. This tower is a landmark of the city, and now having been to the top of it, it is a quite remarkable piece of engineering.



Here's a video showing how crazy (daring?) my beautiful wife is....



After a great meal, we went back to the observation deck where my vertigo kicked into high gear (I'm sure it had nothing to do with what I drank!).



Calgary is amazing to see at night all lit up. We had a great time, great conversation, great views. Thanks, Heather, for the great marriage!

Re-connected with the world now...

Well, folks, it's been about a month since we've posted anything. In that month, we've said our goodbyes to our friends & family in the States and headed north of the border to Calgary. We had a good trip up here, relatively uneventful. Saw some beautiful country between TX & Calgary.

We've made it up here to our new home. It took about 2 weeks to get the internet & phone plugged in to our home, so now we are reconnected to the world. Thanks for all your prayers during this transition!

...built around the mission of God....

In prep for or work in Calgary, I've read The Multi-site Revolution. Here's a great quote:

"The future of the multi-site church might be a return to the mindset of the first-century believer, when the word church did not refer to a specific building or location but to a group of believers by a common mission. Imagine the power of a church not built around a personality or a facility but instead built around a mission!"

We hope to see a number of sites established that are identified by their participation in the mission of God. May God grant the increase!

I'm also looking forward to attending the multi-site church planting conference in March in San Diego with my good friend, Shawn Doud.