Today as the weather changed from sunny one minute to the blackest of clouds as a rain/hail/snow storm quickly rolled through, I was thinking about how this winter felt particularly long. When we found out it literally was the darkest winter in 80+ years, there was a collective sigh of relief that it didn’t just feel dark […]
After a fairly long hiatus, I am thankful to be back to writing for (the) Mission Matters. For those of you who do not know me, I was the Founder and Director of Gateway before I transitioned to the Mission Strategist when we became Toronto Housing & Homeless Supports. This newsletter has been called (the) Mission Matters for
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It’s 2020! Now that January has arrived and the holidays are in our rearview mirror, it is back to the daily rhythm. As we settle into our new year, with our personal and professional hopes, goals and dreams, we start into a new year following our Missional Calendar. As a reminder, each month focuses on
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. (Ephesians 4:32) Is there anything more fundamental than our need for forgiveness? Is there anything more costly than forgiveness? We are constantly attempting to put up facades that communicate to everyone around us that we are doing just
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This weekend had a lot of things to celebrate. Yesterday was Pentecost Sunday, where the Church celebrates the gift of the Holy Spirit. This is essentially the birthday of the Church, as it was the catalyst for its mission to begin. What does this couple thousand-year-old religious event have to do with us today? Pentecost
It’s the first day of accreditation…and many of you have been working non-stop to get ready. How can we survive with the stress of accreditation coming at us from all sides?
It seems like we often have more questions than answers in life.
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Happy New Year! As we move past the Christmas and Advent Seasons and into the New Year we celebrated Epiphany on Sunday. This day is so significant to the work we do because it reminds us yet again that Jesus came for the WHOLE world; for ALL people. As we enter a new year and
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I hope most of you were able to join in last week for some of the THHS Self Care week activities and the Staff Appreciation Party on Friday. It was truly a great week. It also fit so well with our monthly theme of peace. Caring for ourselves and finding internal peace can help us to
In our world, it seems that our experience, from the highest to the lowest, the richest to the poorest, fittest to challenged, is determined by the bottom line. Everything has a cost and these costs must be constantly reduced to improve the bottom line. The budget is a constant concern. As governments cut services, there
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