What's your CQ? (Coffee Quotient) I start everyday with two cups of coffee. When I do forget, my oversight comes with regret and a headache. (more…)
Bob JonesSeptember 25, 2021
"If you can be a Christian in Canada, you can be a Christian anywhere." The words got my attention. The speaker got my respect. He was new to North Pointe and relatively new to Canada. Our meeting was so Tesfaye could help me get to know him, his wife and two young daughters. His Ethiopian accent made understanding his words a challenge but there was no misunderstanding his passion. Tesfaye Debla is a pastor and a church planter in Ethiopia. Adversity's Refining Ability He knows adversity. “When you become a Christian in Ethiopia, you face opposition and alienation from your family and society. You have to think twice to be a Christian for it comes with lots of cost and life…
Bob JonesApril 28, 2016
You are part of an education in unconditional love. Every person you meet is your homework. Life is the classroom. God is the teacher. You are His student. Life long learners go to the head of the class. Problems are simply part of the curriculum. Sometimes you may feel like you're failing but this is when you are learning the most. What doesn't challenge you, doesn't change you. In school you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In God's classroom you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson. Jesus turns tests into testimonies, messes into messages and trials into triumphs. Pain doesn’t mean God is punishing you; He is preparing you. Trust His plan not your pain.…
Bob JonesSeptember 20, 2015
Big hits, broken bones and torn ligaments are part of the risk every pro football player takes in exchange for the promise of gridiron glory. However, its the hits off the field that can do the most damage to a player. Kez McCorvey knows about torn ligaments, crushed dreams and broken hearts. He won a National Championship in the NCAA and had careers in the NFL and CFL. Listening to McCorvey on North Pointe's 2015 Green and Gold Kick-Off Sunday, was a reminder that life, like football, can be a dangerous sport. A Born Athlete Born January 23, 1972 in Mississippi, McCorvey grew up with three siblings in a poor environment, without a father, and with his mother on welfare.…
Bob JonesSeptember 13, 2015