Posts by Ryan Seow

It was a blessing last weekend to hear from Pat Koh, who is such a faithful spiritual mother in the LifeSpring family. As you can probably tell, one of Pat’s many gifts is the ability to teach, as she showed in her message on biblical covenants. In her message, Pat described the importance of three of the most important covenants in scripture. The Edenic covenant in Genesis 3:15 is about God’s covenant or promise to humanity of a Savior who…

We had an opportunity to hear from Adib and Sikander on Sunday, both who are Afghan Christians. One of the things that I appreciated about their message was their perspective coming from a background that is so different from ours. Adib and Sikander both became Christian in Afghanistan, and had to flee their homes because of persecution. In one way, their story is so different from ours. Yet as they shared, I also realized that their story had so many of…

I can’t believe Family Weekend is only one week away! The date certainly crept up on me this year. As I mentioned in a previous devo, I believe that LifeSpring is currently in a stage of growth. Along with that growth has also come busyness. Between things like the Food Hub, Kingdom Kids, Wildfire retreat, Adrian’s visit, and future ministry planning, Family Weekend has become just one major item in a very busy month. I think there is so much…

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…