Are you leaving me too? On December 7th 1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the people of the United States and referred to the previous day as “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”. Most of you know what he was referring to, on December 6th Japan had attacked Pearl Harbour. There are other days…
A New Old Commitment
The law of unintended consequences. At times it’s one of my favourite laws and at other times one of my least favourite. This past week it fell into the former category. The plan was to attend Agustinus and Erlina Nagata’s Canadian Citizenship Ceremony. What a privilege to be able to be there to celebrate the…
Talking to the Father
Last Sunday was Father’s Day and I would imagine the phone lines were burning up as people were calling their dads. I phoned my dad and I got one phone call and a text from my kids. And for those whose fathers are no longer with them they probably thought about conversations that they have…
A Higher Standard.
Well, it’s certainly been an embarrassing few weeks for Canadian politicians. Federal, provincial and municipal, the commons and the senate and all three of the major political parties have taken it on the chin…. and so they should. Not only do I believe that politicians should have to follow the same rules as the rest…
Knowing the Father
I officially declare today the first day of summer, at least for 2013. For no other reason than today I start my summer preaching series, which wouldn’t really work if it was still spring. This summer our theme will be “A Red Letter Summer” and if you are wondering what that means it’s really pretty…
Death be Not Proud
It’s been one of those weeks. Half of our staff were attending funerals, one of our church families experienced a close family death and my father’s twin brother passed away. Someone once said “Death, it’s all a part of living.” And the reality is, we have all been born to die. When I was in…
Who is this Man? How Jesus shaped how we think of Education and our Enemies
How was high School for you? I loved high school, well actually it was a weird time of life, on one hand I couldn’t wait to graduate so I could do whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. For me graduation signified freedom. Wow, was I in for a nasty surprise. If I had to pick…
The Dichotomy of Life
I wasn’t exactly eavesdropping, I just happened to overhear their conversation. That’s different isn’t it? I was at Tim’s the other day and heard a group of woman expressing outrage and dismay at yet another news story about a new born who had been deserted and left to die by his mother. The general consensus…
Who is this Man? How Jesus Shaped the World’s view of Women and Marriage
Who is This Man? 3 If I was to ask you about the longest recorded conversation that Jesus had in the four gospels who would you say it involved? His best friend, Peter? John the Baptist? The High Priests when they were interrogating him or Pilate during this trial? Wrong on each account. The longest…