I first knew Jim Hollars as a seminary student in my urban evangelism practicum. We became good friends due to common interests. He was a walking baseball encyclopedia and a serious runner. I followed his career as a church planter in Ohio until he developed Parkinson’s disease and took early retirement back […]

A couple of Sundays ago it was 3/16. It was also Palm Sunday. That won’t happen so early again in our lifetime – unless you live another 220 years. The merging of Roman calendar date and biblical reference caused more than one church to emphasize John 3:16 on Palm Sunday, leading up […]

The questions were posed in a Canadian Coffee Shop. It could have been anywhere. Why do you Christians send missionaries to convert people? Why do you proclaim that yours is the only religion? Why don’t you just worship your god and leave everyone else alone? Where do you get the audacity to imply […]

We’re not sure what happened to the e-mail delivery of “Dr. Dan’s Monday Morning Memo” this morning, but here is a second attempt to deliver. Apologies to those who receive this twice.
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How many down times have been uplifted with a song? In my life the answer would be “many” times. It may be […]

It’s working! I suspected that it would. It always has. I’m talking about prayer. I’ve been working with the leadership of Vancouver (Canada) Focus in starting new churches in the metro Vancouver area. I agreed to take on the responsibility for the Frasier River Delta, an area between the city […]