Posts by Ryan Seow

Last Sunday, we had the pleasure of hearing from Mari Muthu, a missionary from India that LifeSpring supports. I had a chance to spend some time with Muthu and hear more about YWAM’s ministry (Youth With a Mission), which is so needed in a place like Mumbai, where Muthu ministers. Mumbai is the commercial and financial center of India. It is also the home of Bollywood, which is the massive Indian film industry that is well-known globally. However, approximately half of Mumbai’s…

Back when I was in university, one of the first jobs I had was working as an admin assistant at Power to Change (used to be called Campus Crusade for Christ Canada). I worked in the President’s Office there, which is the part of Power to Change that dealt with the overall vision for P2C. At the time, P2C was going through a process called “retooling and strategic planning.” My boss was working with a consulting company that was helping…

Have you heard the story behind Matt Redman’s worship song, “Heart of Worship”? The song was released in 1999 and became a regular part of the worship rotation at many churches, including LifeSpring. In the 1990s, Matt Redman’s church had made some huge upgrades to their worship ministry. Things were expanding and growing in this area, and people were excited about Sunday worship. But Matt Redman and others realized that people were getting so caught up in the production, performance,…

As you may know, our church theme for 2026 is “Increase Our Faith.” As I’ve been thinking about this theme, something that came to mind is that a part of increasing our faith is also about increasing our vision. So what does it mean to increase our vision? One of the verses that stands out to me about this is from Romans 12:2. Along with being one of the most quoted verses in the Bible, it is also one of…

Last Sunday, we had an opportunity to hear from Pastor Aoum who came to us from Chiang Mai, Thailand. On Monday, some of the leaders had a chance to spend more time with Pastor Aoum and his wife Katty as they shared more about their story and ministry. As they shared, the impression that I was left with was of “faithfulness.” I thought to share about them as I think it’s such a good example of what it means to…

As you may know, Theresa and I were recently approved to be foster parents. Part of the process of becoming foster parents was to complete training about common issues that children in the foster system face. One of the training sessions I was working through this week was on trauma informed care. Some of the material was similar to the topics we covered at our last Family Weekend in 2025, so if you attended the sessions or heard the recordings you…

My birthday is coming up at the end of this month, and it’s always interesting to see how people react when they learn that I’m in my early 40s. When I tell people that I’m starting to feel my age and noticing the changes, people who are older have responded with, “you haven’t seen anything yet, wait until you get older.” On the other hand, when younger people learn that I’m in my 40s, I get a look of surprise…

On Wildfire Sunday last weekend, we had a chance to have our youth and young adults run our whole worship service. I was so blessed by their leading. One of the things that really encouraged me was to see some of our younger Wildfire members serving as part of the team. When I was their age, I think I had barely even begun to assist in our Children’s ministry. So to see them running the whole service together was great!…

In the 1970’s, the Beatles released an iconic and quite memorable song called “Let It Be.” If you were to hear it, you’d probably recognize it. It’s just that popular! One of the Beatles had written the song about his mother and the message was simple enough: stop struggling against circumstances and just let it be. For me, a different song has been coming to mind this week. “Let It Be Jesus” is also a simple song with a simple…

Many years ago, Theresa and I had an opportunity to see the Giant Sequoia trees in Yosemite Park. The fact that “giant” is included in the name is no joke! Many of these trees are hundreds of feet tall, and some are so thick they’ve carved a tunnel through the trunk so cars can drive right through. During Pastor Alvin’s message on Sunday, he mentioned these giant redwoods. Something interesting he said is that while these trees are massive, they actually have a surprisingly…

Happy Grandparents month! In the month of March, we take the opportunity to honour all our LifeSpringers from the grandparent’s generation. LifeSpring first started meeting in 1981 and was planted by the grandparent’s generation. Today, we are blessed to have a church with many generations, from great-grandparents all the way down to infants. Personally, the grandparent generation has been a tremendous blessing to me in so many ways, starting with my own parents. Thank you grandparent generation for all that you’ve…

Last Sunday, we had our Volunteer Appreciation Day, where we had a chance to honor all of you who serve at LifeSpring. There is a saying in churches that it is common for 20% of people to do 80% of the work. This really doesn’t apply at LifeSpring, and we see that Sunday after Sunday. On a weekly basis, between our two sites, we have worship, tech, Kingdom Kids, speaking, refreshments by life groups, and clean up–at a minimum–and it’s…