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A Good Dying

Posted on November 20, 2024 by Elsie Froment

When Barry Palfreyman, church planter and dean of Canadian Baptist Seminary, received a terminal cancer diagnosis, he began to focus on dying well. He stated this goal so often that I began to wonder: what is a good dying? Continue reading →

Posted in Classic Works Blog | Tagged a good dying, Aging Matters, dying well, Elsie Froment, end of life, living with purpose, Sunsets | Leave a comment

When to Make Counselling Referrals

Posted on November 20, 2024 by Elsie Froment

“It takes a village to raise a child.” You are part of a beautiful church amidst a larger community. I imagine your community feels blessed to have you. As a result, you may have many people come to you for support and guidance–what an honour! Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blog | Tagged community resource guide, how to develop a counsellor list, how to make counselling referrals, Joshua Kruse, pastoral care while people in trouble, pastoral counselling referrals | Leave a comment

Lament in Corporate Worship

Posted on May 22, 2024 by Elsie Froment

Over my twenty years as a lead pastor, I occasionally held a special “service of lament” when our congregation was facing a season of difficulty, grief, and loss… Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blog | Tagged Barton Priebe, Lament, Service of Lament, Time of Grief, When COngregation is Grieving | Leave a comment

The Challenge of “Unexplained” Prayers

Posted on October 17, 2023 by Elsie Froment

We don’t know what to pray for because we’ve been given no details…. Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blog | Tagged bill badke, caring prayer, needs with no explanation, prayer ministry, unexplained prayer, when you don't know what you are praying for, William Badke | Leave a comment

What is the status of the church and what does the future look like?

Posted on May 24, 2023 by Elsie Froment

What is the status of the church a few months into 2023? It is broken… Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blog | Tagged Broken Church, Church and Cultural Perspectives, Church and Power, Church Issues, David Horita FEBPAC, Future of Church, Hope in Jesus | Leave a comment

COVID and Harmony in the Church

Posted on November 30, 2022 by Elsie Froment

Over the past three years, the pandemic has impacted our churches in a variety of ways. One of the saddest has been the tension created in some churches because of different views people have had on how the church should respond to the pandemic. Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blog | Tagged COVID and church harmony, Have We No Rights?, Mable Williamson, pandemic and church, pandemic response, Ron Johnston, unity in the church | 1 Comment

3 Minutes to Describe Preaching

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Elsie Froment

I was preaching for a call. The chair of the board gave me 3 minutes to identify what I consider to be the essentials of preaching… Continue reading →

Posted in Author Submission, Guest Blog | Tagged aspects of preaching, Barton Priebe, describing preaching, essentials of preaching, preaching | Leave a comment

The Return to Normal – What Does It Mean?

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Elsie Froment

At the start of the pandemic, I read… Continue reading →

Posted in Church and Covid 19 Blog | Tagged church returning to normal, covid vulnerable, Elsie Froment, inclusion of disabled | Comments Off

Today’s Youth Desire Mentors

Posted on November 25, 2021 by Elsie Froment

Mentoring relationships may be one way in which youth cross from meaninglessness to purpose and begin to experience the fullness of life in Christ. Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blog | Tagged desire for mentors, mentors, mentors for youth, need for mentors, youth despair, youth meaninglessness, youth thrill seeking | Comments Off

Are Pastors Essential Workers?

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Elsie Froment

The Covid19 pandemic…I’m sure you are as weary of it all as I am. I look back on the year and my role as a pastor and think it is a fair question to ask, “are pastors and church staff members essential workers?” Continue reading →

Posted in Church and Covid 19 Blog | Tagged churches caring for people, Darin Phillips, pandemic essential workers, pastors essential workers | Leave a comment

“Leaders and Followers” in the Church

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Elsie Froment

Whereas in the 1960s and 1970s great effort was made to dispel the myth of the clergy-laity distinction within the church, we have resurrected it in a new guise… Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blog | Tagged clergy distinctions, clergy-laity, every christian a disciple, followers in the church, Larry Perkins, Larry Perkins Northwest, leader-follower, leaders in the church, pastor-people | Leave a comment

Faith Formation for Children through Worship During the COVID-19 Crisis

Posted on October 14, 2020 by Elsie Froment

We live in a society that has increasingly separated families according to age groups… Continue reading →

Posted in Church and Covid 19 Blog | Tagged Children church and covid-19, children worship during pandemic, children's worship, Herbert Tsang, parents raising children, spiritual formation of children | Leave a comment

The Creator God Versus the Coronavirus

Posted on October 9, 2020 by Elsie Froment

A couple of months ago I was the victim of a random assault. I was innocently playing with my phone and minding my own business when… Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blog | Tagged and Genesis, COVID, COVID and Creator, COVID and God, COVID and seminary, jonathan numada, Numada PhD | Leave a comment

The Active Christian in a Post-Covid-19 World: Understanding the Christian-Ecclesial Imperative

Posted on May 15, 2020 by Elsie Froment

The first question to ask in respect to Christian witness in the contemporary context is… Continue reading →

Posted in Church and Covid 19 Blog | Tagged church and covid-19, church and pandemic, dr archie spencer, theology of covid-19 | 1 Comment

Church, Ministry and Heroes in the “Novel” Normal: Reality in Virtual and Actual

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Elsie Froment

Covid-19 is a black hole. Its event horizon threatens to take every experience and assurance of what life used to be like beyond the point of no return… Continue reading →

Posted in Church and Covid 19 Blog | Tagged Brian Rapske, church and covid-19, church and pandemic | Leave a comment