Posts by Ryan Seow (Page 4)

Several weeks ago, Theresa showed me an impressive video of a young person who constructed a massive domino project. In the video she uses bins of dominoes and carefully lays down individual pieces following a very careful design. She even themed the project after the Mario Bros., complete with a princess castle and full cast of characters. The entire project took her 24 days where she laid down 18,000 individual dominoes. Of course, the topple was perfect (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsR8WNx6qbc if you’re curious). Matthew 25:14-30…

1 John 4:7-9“Dear friends, let’s love each other, because love is from God, and everyone who loves is born from God and knows God. The person who doesn’t love does not know God, because God is love. This is how the love of God is revealed to us: God has sent his only Son into the world so that we can live through him.” To all the dads at Lifespring–Happy Father’s Day! Being a dad can feel like a roller…

Last weekend, I celebrated my 38th birthday. Without a doubt, I celebrate my birthdays these days with a bit less fanfare and excitement than I did when I was younger. I see my daughters, Sophia (7) and Xenia (5) who look forward to their birthdays and what’s ahead for them. Every year marks a year that they’ve grown taller, are able to do more, and get one step closer to being a “big kid.” For me, birthdays are a very…

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms and women in the Lifespring family! There are so many ways that you give life to those around you through your care, generosity, and love. Alongside those who have had the opportunity to physically parent kids, there are countless ways spiritual, social, physical, and beyond that the women of Lifespring give life to others. Personally, I’ve received so much from my own mom, from Theresa, and from my two daughters. On Mother’s Day,…

1 Corinthians 12:18-20“God has placed each part in the body just as he wanted it to be. If all the parts were the same, how could there be a body? As it is, there are many parts. But there is only one body.“ There is an old saying, “variety is the spice of life.” This idea applies to many things in life, but for me, it makes a lot of sense when it comes to food. I enjoy tasting different kinds of…

On behalf of Gabe, Rodney, and myself I want to give my heartfelt thanks to the Lifespring family for sending us to Turkey over the past week. There was so much that God did on the trip, and we look forward to sharing these stories with you all in the coming weeks and months. To give an overview of what we did, we traveled to Turkey with the intention of exploring the possibility of refugee sponsorship and spent about a…

This week, we started a new memory verse for the spring season. Proverbs 22:6 says, “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” If you haven’t been able to memorize the longer passages we’ve done so far for memory verses, now is a great time to start! We can better understand what this verse may mean for Lifespring when we understand Proverbs 22:6 in the context of…

See, I am doing a new thing!Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?I am making a way in the wildernessand streams in the wasteland. Isaiah 43:19 After getting buried under the snow twice the past several weeks, I think we can all say that we’re looking forward to spring. We’re just starting to peek out from behind the mounds of snow now and hope for sunnier and warmer days ahead. Personally, Spring is my favourite time of year,…

5 The Lord proclaims:Cursed are those who trust in mere humans,who depend on human strengthand turn their hearts from the Lord.6 They will be like a desert shrubthat doesn’t know when relief comes.They will live in the parched places of the wilderness,in a barren land where no one survives.7 Happy are those who trust in the Lord,who rely on the Lord.8 They will be like trees planted by the streams,whose roots reach down to the water.They won’t fear drought when…

Matthew 7:24-25, “Everybody who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise builder who built a house on bedrock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the wind blew and beat against that house. It didn’t fall because it was firmly set on bedrock.” If you’ve been fasting with us this month, I want to wish you a Happy Breaking Fast Day! Hopefully your fast has been fruitful, and you’ve experienced God’s presence in…

This week, I was reflecting on a couple of meetings I had with the people at Neighborlink North York. As you may know, during the second half of 2022 we decided to support the food bank (called the 415 Food Hub) run by Neighborlink in the Willowdale area. They were unable to operate for one month last year due to a lack of finances, so we decided to support this ministry so that they could continue to operate and provide…

Right before the new year, one of the titles of the weekly church email was “Ready, Set… FAST!” I think we’re definitely off to a running start for 2023, fasting and all. I had a chance to be part of the kickoff celebration with MLCF on January 1st, and it was an amazing way to ring in the new year. Our theme for 2023 is “Kingdom Parenting.” As we talk about parenting this year, I think it’s important to clarify…