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OC Director's Blog: May 2022
May 2022 Update from Outreach Canada's Executive Directior, Dr. Craig Kraft.
Low Soul Battery Alert: Self Care for Leaders
Why is self-care a vital practice for leaders in our day? You wouldn’t let your phone battery run low why would you do it to yourself? Like batteries, your body, mind and emot...
The Joy of Transitions
God calls us to follow Him in obedience. Almost always it means change. Leaving our comfort zone, we move into unknown territory, feeling anxious, fearful, and sometimes terrified. Yet we can journ...
8 Qualities of Shepherd-Leaders
Here are eight qualities of a shepherd-leader we can learn from the good shepherd in John 10.
Is there Rational Evidence for the Resurrection?
Some allege that the resurrection of Jesus was a hoax. We must decide whether there is a more plausible alternative than an actual physical, bodily resurrection. Much hangs on the answer.
...OC Director's Blog: April 2022
April 2022 Update from Outreach Canada's Executive Directior, Dr. Craig Kraft.
Trinitarian Hospitality
I have coined the phrase “Trinitarian Hospitality” to describe the mysterious truth that the triune God opens up His community to all who believe, and remarkably, God desires to be hosted by us. In...
Unexpected Hospitality
A story of unexpected hospitality! A broken fence that led to neighbours showing mutual hospitality to one another...
OC Director's Blog: March 2022
March 2022 Update from Outreach Canada's Executive Directior, Dr. Craig Kraft.
A Lenten Invitation: Into the Wilderness
I grew up in a Christian home, but as a child Lent was not part of my family’s spiritual rhythms. I have no history to fall back on in knowing how to observe Lent. It has been a process of discover...
4 Opportunities for Hospitality: Welcoming Immigrants
Did you know that in 2022, Canada aims to welcome 431,645 new permanent residents? And over the next 3 years, Canada aims to welcome 1.3 million new permanent residents?
Welcoming strange...
Conversations as Hospitality
Conversations. We have them all the time! After all, how could we offer hospitality without one? But, have you ever thought of conversation itself as an act of hospitality?