Crosspoint Church is launching in the fall of 2010!  Beulah Alliance Church, several other area  CMA churches and the WCD are partnering together to see a new church emerge in the NE region of Edmonton.  Pre-Launch services begin on September 12 and the Public Launch is scheduled for October 17th!  Check out their website @ www.thecrosspointchurch.ca/

The Sol Cafe is being relaunched in Cafe Dabar on Whyte Ave on May 30th, at 5:07pm.  The sol café is a Christian community that formed in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on a quest to learn more about God in an “un-church” environment.   Next Christian Community (St. Albert) is partnering with them to see a strengthened faith community in this part of Edmonton.

Crosspoint Church is still in its infancy stage of growth. Like most babies, we are marked by curiosity, first words, baby-steps and the promise of a bright future.  When parents raise their kids, they have hopes and dreams of who they will become.  They do their best to nurture and lead their children towards these aspirations.  Sometimes life comes along and helps, sometimes it gets in the way.

We too have dreams about who we will become in Crosspoint Church.  We’re trying to envision our future together.  But we know that our journey with God doesn’t always turn out exactly how we planned it.

In these pages you will discover our vision for who we will become.

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Avatar is now the highest grossing movie of all time at close to $1.9B worldwide. CNN.com recently posted an article titled: Audiences Experience “Avatar” Blues.  (http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/11/avatar.movie.blues/index.html). The article sheds light on the deeper impacts of the blockbuster movie on some viewers, including depression and suicidal thoughts. To be honest, I too felt an emotional low when the movie ended. In the hours and days that followed however, I sensed a need to provide a thoughtful response to the diverse reactions that the movie going masses have had to Avatar. The following is a summary of those reflections. Continue Reading »

A MacGuffin is a term that was created by Alfred Hitchcock. It is essentially a device that moves the plot forward ~ it is the pull of the story. For example, part of the reason it took so long to produce a fourth Indiana Jones movie was that Harrison Ford, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg couldn’t agree on a MacGuffin. Eventually they all settled on the Crystal Skull. (For better or worse!) Of course, the Crystal Skulls had little to do with the actual action and character development in the movie, but it was the MacGuffin that drove the plot. Continue Reading »

(originally published in WCD June 09 Newsletter…posted here for broader feedback)

If you are reading this article it is likely because you serve in a place of leadership: in a local church, in a town, in a city, in a neighbourhood, amidst a people, as part of an identifiable church within an identifiable community.  Some years ago a certain group of people sat up and decided to plant; to establish the church where you now serve.  They were busy people, with jobs, families and mortgages.  They inconvenienced themselves, they sacrificed, they gave significantly and at a cost so that yet another gathering of people redeemed by Jesus Christ could shine his light and make disciples in yet another neighbourhood.  Continue Reading »

Hey – here’s a little something I ran across that in under two minutes gives you an idea of what MetroMercy in Downtown Calgary is up to. For more info…. http://www.rockpointe.ca/content/view/782/341/