Preconceptions

Preconceptions – how easily we form them, and how unhelpful they can be. WHY do we let ourselves get drawn into them so easily and so often?

Continue Reading January 25, 2012 at 1:23 pm Leave a comment

Translating The Gospel

What’s wrong with just telling people about Jesus in the same sort of way we talk about him at Church? Isn’t that good enough?

Continue Reading December 7, 2011 at 4:16 pm 1 comment

A bit here, a bit there…

Do you ever get worried about how to witness for Christ? What to say? If you’ll forget something? Or mix it up? Or how much to say?…. What if I told you not to worry; just give ‘em something, a little bit. Would you agree?

Continue Reading December 1, 2011 at 2:03 pm 1 comment

Effective Witness: questions, questions, questions

So…. HOW do you go about giving an effective personal witness of Jesus to a friend or co-worker? No pat answers, but I do offer a suggestion or two to consider.

Continue Reading November 23, 2011 at 2:41 pm Leave a comment

Obedient Harvest Prayer

There’s a very uncomfortable thing that happens when you believe that Scripture’s message applies to us today…. combined with Matthew 9:38 being immediately followed by Matthew 10:1. Suddenly, an abstract principle becomes uncomfortably real and immediate!

Continue Reading November 16, 2011 at 3:45 pm Leave a comment

Attitudes In Witnessing

So…. what DO you do when you pray for an opportunity to share your faith with a friend or coworker, and God actually ANSWERS YOUR PRAYER? (yes, be careful what you pray for!). When that moment comes along – THEN WHAT?

Continue Reading November 2, 2011 at 2:31 pm Leave a comment

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WELCOME….

....TO THE BLOG OF Ken Gehrels,
pastor of Calvin Christian Reformed Church Of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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What Are These Blog Categories?

1. WHAT'S UP – an update on stuff happening in the community of Calvin Christian Reformed Church of Ottawa
2. WHEN WE WORSHIP - a peek ahead to next Sunday and perhaps even beyond: events and sermon theme/ideas.
3. WONDERING ABOUT - a reflection on some topic or another that’s been rattling around in Ken’s mind and heart.

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Who Is This Guy?

Ken is pastor of Calvin Christian Reformed Church in Ottawa. He’s been privileged to share an apprenticeship to Jesus with them, and to count them as his family, since 1994. When he’s not involved in some aspect of the Calvin community, he probably off running, or maybe curling. If the weather’s warm and the breeze is blowing, you may find him on the Ottawa River in his sailboat.

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