On the weekend of February 4th Mosaic will celebrate it's first baptism. We are SO excited! We're excited for our friend Becky who is one of the very first people we met in Toronto - her and Mel did some rowing lessons together when we first arrived. We're excited for [...] [READ MORE]

Layla seems to have entered a "phase" with me. Last night Mel and I were talking and I told her that I feel like I'm doing something wrong when it comes to parenting. Her desire to please me feels like it's at an all time low. She's defiant and moody [...] [READ MORE]

It's one thing to say you're going to do something. It's always another thing to put your money where your mouth is.  For a while now I've been saying that we want the core of Mosaic to be based on two things: discipleship and evangelism. This week marked a new chapter in [...] [READ MORE]

What if you could live 2011 over again with all the knowledge you have now? How would it be different? Now, what if you set out to live 2012 as though you are living it for the second time? I read that question via Donald Miller and Viktor Frankl this week and it meshed really well with [...] [READ MORE]

On Sunday night Melissa and I had two friends here to talk about where Mosaic is headed in the New Year. I asked these friends if they'd been thinking of anything they might want to share, something that perhaps God had been speaking to them. One of them spoke up [...] [READ MORE]

Great insights and ideas beg to be brought to life. Most of the time though I just find myself getting lazy and not executing. Can anyone else relate to that? A couple of days ago I was watching a video in which the presenter mentioned that he had found himself lulled into [...] [READ MORE]

Melissa LOVES sweet and sour sauce. It's ok in my books but I'm not a huge fan or anything. I don't know. There is something about that combination that just doesn't appeal to me. To be honest I guess it's the sour party...I just don't really like it. I'd prefer [...] [READ MORE]