FIGHTING ADDICTION IN SIBERIA: MISCHA AND VICTOR
“Mischa? Is that really you? We thought you were dead. What happened to you?” (more…)
Bob JonesFebruary 12, 2021
HELLO FROM SIBERIA
Здравствуйте. That's Russian for "hello." It comes from the team we lead in Novokuznetsk, Siberia in 2017. (more…)
Bob JonesFebruary 12, 2021
3 THINGS I LEARNED FROM A MARATHON MOMMA
You become what you are committed to. Commitment may develop you or it may destroy you but it most certainly will define you. Jocelyn was committed to be a marathon momma. (more…)
Bob JonesFebruary 10, 2021
DELIVERING HAPPINESS IN NUNAVUT
Maybe it was the thought of a child opening a box, looking inside, and shouting, “Wow!!” Or maybe it was the idea that an RCMP officer would personally deliver the box to the child’s home. Law enforcement at the door in Nunavut usually means bad news but that officer would deliver an unexpected package of happiness. Whatever, we found ourselves in -33 Celsius wind chill going shopping for somebody else’s child. (more…)
Bob JonesFebruary 6, 2021
Melissa Lotholz, Olympic Dreams and COVID
“The plan is to have a plan by the end of September.” Melissa Lotholz (more…)
Bob JonesFebruary 3, 2021
I CAN: WAKEFIELD BREWSTER
Wakefield Brewster is a Spoken Word artist in Calgary, Alberta. To call him a poet or a rapper is to understate his ability. His recitation of an original creation sums up the situation for many who suffer, “I couldn’t see the lock so I didn’t need a key”. (more…)
Bob JonesFebruary 3, 2021
GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS ABOUT THE LOCAL CHURCH
If a local church is a representation of how Jesus can to be seen, what are people observing in a pandemic? (more…)
Bob JonesJanuary 31, 2021
BERNIE, ED, MEMES AND MOMENTS
A picture is worth a thousand Berns or maybe 100,000 memes. But the photojournalist whose picture of Bernie Sanders captured the imagination of the world isn’t viewing its fame through a lens of artistic triumph. (more…)
Bob JonesJanuary 24, 2021
7 THINGS TO DO TODAY TO MAKE YOUR LIFE COUNT
The most important day you will ever experience is today. (more…)
Bob JonesJanuary 15, 2021
WHY CLARITY MAKES OR BRAKES LEADERS
How would you answer the question, “What do you want in a leader?” The number one answer? Integrity. Would you be surprised to know that’s not who we actually follow? According to Andy Stanley, we value integrity, but we follow clarity. (more…)
Bob JonesJanuary 9, 2021