Posts by Ryan Seow

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you’re all having a wonderful long weekend and have been able to rest from the busyness of September. The idea of gratitude that’s at the centre of this season has always been close to my heart. One person who I think captured this spirit of gratitude so well was Paul. Paul was obviously a great man; almost half of the books in the New Testament can be attributed to him! But he also suffered so…

Last Sunday, we got to hear from both Andrew and Lyndon and Patrice from GAiN. We first met Lyndon back in 2021 when he served as a driver for a team of people cycling across Canada to raise money for water wells. Part of GAiN’s work is to reach out to remote communities in Africa that don’t have easy access to water, to digs wells for these communities along with sharing the gospel. On Sunday, Lyndon and Patrice shared about their…

Happy fall season! It’s hard to believe how quickly summer passed this year. At TLCF, it felt like July and August were pretty packed, with something happening almost every weekend. Between retreats, food hub barbeques, missionary visits, the summer Kingdom Kids program, and events like visiting the Cummer Lodge seniors home, the summer flew by week after week. For some of us, the fall may bring some relief knowing that we can return to our normal routines. But for many…

For everyone who was able to participate last Sunday for our end of summer BBQ, we’re glad you could join us! If you brought along a dish, thank you for sharing your delicious food and making our meal special. It was a great time of connecting with friends old and new, to do one of the things that we do best as a Kingdom family–eat together! Over the past season, the leadership team at LifeSpring has been revisiting our vision for…

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…