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An Extraordinary Strategy for Your Family

This year at extraordinarychurch.ca our theme for our entire year is strategy. It is my prayer that everything that we do emanates from a place of deliberate purpose and diligent thoughtfulness. If our families are going to thrive, we must be remarkably...

Don’t Worry. Trust Jesus.

Jesus had a lot to say about worry.He came to an unstable and unpredictable world. He lived in an agricultural society where one summer’s drought could wipe out crops for the winter. He hung out with fishermen, who might fish all night long and catch...

A Handful of Ways To Read Your Bible (And Enjoy It.)

In our local church (extraordinarychurch.ca) over the last several weeks we talked about the Bible and its life-changing content. We explored some ways you can engage Scripture in a living, vibrant, revealing way, as opposed to something instructional or...
An Extraordinary Journey

An Extraordinary Journey

Walking with God is a journey that lacks nothing. Many years ago Sarah and I surrendered our lives to the road less traveled and have not regretted one moment of each curve, hill, or valley. His leadership is gentle and safe, just like a Good Shepherd. Over the next...

Things Thompsons Don’t Say

Things Thompsons Don’t Say

It’s been said that people judge you by the words you use, and this is true. Some of my readers may not agree with this statement, however, if you do, then you understand the importance of choosing your words with prudence. Words have power! Words shape our worlds!...

Job Descriptions

Job Descriptions

We recently facilitated annual reviews for our team. The annual reviews ranged from an hour to four hours in length. As we shared our hearts, triumphs, heartaches, frustrations, and milestones of the previous year, the tears, smiles, and laughter ensued. It was...

Branding Guide

Branding Guide

The brand of your organization is fundamentally the core of your marketing collateral. Whether it is print, social media, website, video, photography, your brand greatly influences those particular pieces. With that understanding, I’ve worked closely with FaithWorks...

40 Great Books To Read

40 Great Books To Read

I have an insatiable appetite for reading books. Leadership, theology, history (in particular the Civil War, Civil Rights movement, and African-American history), a bit of fast-paced fiction, and all things related to Abraham Lincoln. Fortunately, our children have...

Silence The Notifications: Claiming Peace in a Time of Crazy

Silence The Notifications: Claiming Peace in a Time of Crazy

Burnout is not the will of God for your life! It took me a while to figure this out, however, burnout occurs when we are on our agenda and not God’s. This was a tough pill for me to swallow, because I had to acknowledge that I was addicted to busy. I’ll write about...

16 Apps Every Leader Needs To Be A Beast

16 Apps Every Leader Needs To Be A Beast

If you have yet to look at your smartphone (or tablet for that matter) as your digital swiss army knife - NOW is the time. Today you can access any document at any given time, create and complete to-do-lists, manage your finances, etc. Of course, I could go on and on,...

Preparation + Opportunity = Success

Preparation + Opportunity = Success

If you were raised in the Thompson home, then you would be well acquainted with my father’s idioms. You know, those sayings that sometimes make sense, other times leave you quizzically scratching your head, and sometimes (more often than not) bring illumination and...

Want To Protect Your Church Vans? Try Using This Guide.

Want To Protect Your Church Vans? Try Using This Guide.

Let’s face it! We’ve all gotten in the church van, only to quickly find ourselves dodging the waves of odorous, left over McDonald’s bellowing from underneath a seat. Wait! Here’s another one. Perhaps you had given yourself ample time to make the routine maintenance...

Planning A Funeral? This May Help.

Planning A Funeral? This May Help.

Pastor, When someone in your church passes to the next life there are a number of things that you and the family should consider, immediately after the death of a loved one. The family may find themselves overwhelmed with the daunting tasks that lie ahead of them....

Are You Synced?

Are You Synced?

I am on a journey to become an organizational and technological ninja! In the early 90s, it was the Day-Timer. You know, that dinosaur that we tried to convince everyone was our wallet. Well, at least I was guilty of such weak attempts. It kept all of our information...

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