Virtual Café
Welcome to the SKMB Virtual Café. Watch our introduction video and read each post below.
GeneralAug 29, 2022
September 2022 - Ministry Resource Toolbox
Each month we be share ten resources – articles, webpages, books, etc. – that you can take advantage of to resource your ministry.
GeneralJun 29, 2022
July/August 2022 - Ministry Toolbox
Each month we be share ten resources – articles, webpages, books, etc. – that you can take advantage of to resource your ministry.
Jun 7, 2022
June 2022 - Ministry Resource Toolbox
Each month we will be sharing ten resources – articles, webpages, books, etc. – that you can take advantage of to resource your ministry.
DiscipleshipMay 25, 2022
The Proof is in the Pudding
Our claim to be peacemakers is only as valid as our actions reflect that value in the world around us.
GeneralApr 25, 2022
May 2022 - Ministry Resource Toolbox
Each month we will be sharing ten resources – articles, webpages, books, etc. – that you can take advantage of to resource your ministry. If you have something you would like to share please leave a comment below.
GeneralApr 4, 2022
April 2022 - Resource Toolbox
Each month we will be sharing ten resources – articles, webpages, books, etc. – that you can take advantage of to resource your ministry. If you have something you would like to share please leave a comment below.
GeneralMar 5, 2022
March 2022 - Ministry Resource Toolbox
March 2022 Ministry Resource Toolbox
Each month we will be sharing ten resources – articles, webpages, books, etc. – that you can take advantage of to resource your ministry. If you have something you would like to share please leave a comment below.
GeneralJan 31, 2022
February 2022 - Ministry Resource Toolbox
February 2022 Ministry Resource Toolbox
Each month we will be sharing ten resources – articles, webpages, books, etc. – that you can take advantage of to resource your ministry. If you have something you would like to share please leave a comment below.
Covid-19Jan 18, 2022
Staying In Your Lane
The issues of the world can feel overwhelming, but nothing can overcome or overwhelm the grace and love of God made real through Jesus Christ. What we have is a personal relationship with the Saviour of the world - the King of Kings who brings a message of hope for a broken world. I urge all of us to ‘stay in our lane.’ As we follow Jesus, and keep our focus on the ministry of the gospel, we can be confident that we are in the right lane.
GeneralJan 4, 2022
January 2022 - Ministry Resource Toolbox
Each month we will be sharing ten resources – articles, webpages, books, etc. – that you can take advantage of to resource your ministry. If you have something you would like to share please leave a comment below.
GeneralDec 8, 2021
Celebrating Christmas
Celebrating at Christmas is both a normal and extremely strange practice. My wife Jenn and I had all three of our kids during the Advent season. That provided us with some interesting insight as it reintroduced us to the normalcy and absurdity of the whole Christmas story.
GeneralNov 17, 2021
Advent/Christmas Resources
Below are a number of resources for Advent/Christmas. Please let me know if you have other resources we can add to this list to help support, encourage, and resource one another. You can send resources to mike@parliamentchurch.com
Covid-19Oct 13, 2021
There are Three Sides to a Coin
By looking at COVID in the church as a two-sided issue, I had almost missed the much larger picture of what ministry in COVID meant. When I invested in this ‘third side’ I began to discern my role as a pastor in a pandemic.
GeneralSep 20, 2021
A Prayer for Healing
A Pandemic Prayer
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Psalm 147:3, NIV
DiscipleshipAug 10, 2021
Rebecoming Human
To be truly human is to experience “life to the full” as Jesus spoke of - fully immersing ourselves in the messy and indelicate milieu of human relationships and experiences that require things of us rather than just serving our own needs.
DiscipleshipJul 20, 2021
Difficult Conversations Part 2
How can we respond appropriately as we think about the variety of attitudes that people have toward returning to in-person meetings?
GeneralJul 20, 2021
Difficult Conversations Part 1
What will shape the kind of conversations that take place as the church re-opens? To regain trust in mutual honesty we first need to rebuild the relational context in which helpful conversation can take place.
Covid-19Jun 18, 2021
Is This a Movie or a Worship Service?
Worship services have taken many different forms throughout the COVID-19 pandemic
DiscipleshipJun 8, 2021
Adventures in Discipleship - Episode 3: The Neutral Zone
When we let go of the comfortable, safe and familiar we often have nothing to hang onto but Jesus.
May 5, 2021
Adventures in Discipleship Episode 1: Leaving Home
The adventure of discipleship that Jesus calls us to requires many times of 'leaving' that which is comfortable, safe, and familiar.
GeneralApr 26, 2021
Peace Amidst Violence, Part II
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other also...
GeneralApr 26, 2021
Peace Amidst Violence, Part I
We make a lot of choices, some important, some not so serious. Still other choices will shape our stories in profound, irrevocable ways...
Apr 14, 2021
The Medium is the Message
Marshal McLuhan is famous for the quote “the medium is the message”, the idea being that the media through which we communicate determines how we understand the message making the medium more important than the message being communicated.
GeneralMar 15, 2021
Digital Discipleship
Covid-19 has brought on a new generation of ministry, requiring us to shift how we reach those we minister to livestreams, video meetings, and messaging are just some of the tools we have been forced to work with in this season of pandemic that is filled with social distancing and self-isolation. A question lingers in this new reality – can we actually disciple people in an online environment?
Recent News
Sep 6, 2022
General
Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?
I watch a lot of Major League Baseball; the Toronto Blue Jays are my team. A good number of the Blue Jay players wear crosses and routinely engage in the Catholic practice of ‘crossing’ themselves. Both of these provide some level of testimony that God plays a role in their personal and professional lives. It is common practice for some of these elite ball players to make a gesture of thanks and praise to God when they accomplish a good hit, crossing themselves and raising a hand to the heavens.
Aug 24, 2022
General
SKMB Sabbatical Two
Before I left I wrote about five things we did to help us plan our sabbatical to ensure our family got the most out of it. Now on the other side of our sabbatical, I want to share four lessons I learned about sabbaticals that I hope will help you prepare if you are considering one in the future.
Aug 8, 2022
CCMBC News
Pope's Visit
“I’m Sorry”
Pope Francis addresses a “deplorable evil.”
“I express my deep shame and sorrow…
I humbly beg for forgiveness.”
Pope Francis