I have a special prayer request to send out today. This week at Heritage is Local Outreach Week. In addition to focusing all our chapel sessions on the topic of sharing the good news of the gospel, our students have…
Category: Ministry Matters
Praise and Prayer Update (November 1, 2019)
Linda and I have been on the road quite a bit in recent days. We've been to Minneapolis to present at an academic conference (Society for Professors of Christian Education) and to Montreal for a meeting of Christian Higher Education…
Praise and Prayer Update October 25, 2019
I'm writing this post while sitting in a Starbucks in Ottawa. This particular Starbucks has a unique place in my (Rick) heart. And it's not because I love the coffee (I actually don't drink coffee). It's because of the location--453…
Thank Full
It’s not every day that you move into the home of a stranger. Seven years ago, this fall, Melody and her husband, Sandy, offered us their home as we moved to Cambridge to serve at Heritage. I (Linda) had met…
The Heart of the Preacher: Book Launch
Today is a joyful day for us. It's the official book launch day for the book that I (Rick) wrote entitled The Heart of the Preacher. (The best price right now is from Christian Book Distributors, but you can also…
Praise and Prayer Update September 27, 2019
I’m writing with a heart full of gratitude to God for an amazing week at Heritage. God has graciously answered the requests I gave you last Friday. Here's an update on how the Lord answered our prayers. Graduate Certificate of…
Praise and Prayer Update September 20, 2019
This past week has been Spiritual Life Emphasis Week at Heritage. We’ve had our hearts stirred by the messages we heard in our chapel services. Special thanks to Pastor Dwyane Cline (Hughson Street Baptist in Hamilton), Pastor Robbie Symons (Hope…
Remembering my Dad
Today, September 18th, is my dad’s birthday. If he were still living on earth, he would turn 90 today. Shortly after his upward call to glory, I wrote some of my reflections on his impact on me as a father. …
New Book: The Heart of the Preacher
This October, I (Rick) have a book being published by Lexham Press (the company that produces Logos Bible Software). The book is called The Heart of the Preacher because it deals with some of the heart-level tests experienced by those who…
Prayer and Praise Update (September 13, 2019)
Yesterday was one of my (Rick) favourite days of the year at Heritage. As we've done for the past several years, we took all the first-year students down to the village of Hespeler (about a twenty-minute walk from campus). One…