Dress for Success Can you remember a book that you read the year you turned 16? Did you read any books the year you turned 16? As most of you know, I am a reader. My parents read to me as a child, then I graduated into comic books, anything from Casper the Friendly Ghost…
Pick it Up!
I was following a car the other day when the driver threw garbage out the window. Hello! Now maybe I’m a little sensitive after having spent last Saturday morning picking garbage out of the ditch, but really, come on. The last time I checked, littering was still considered rude and slightly obnoxious. Not to mention…
Prepare for Battle
It seems that we are constantly being barraged with images of battles being fought around the world. There hardly seems to be an evening that goes by without the news telling us of an armed conflict that is being fought over real estate, religion or resources. And we hear about it so much that we…
Stupid is as Stupid Does
People seem divided about what happened last week in Toronto at the TFC game. (For those of you who are as ignorant as I am, I’ll save you the google. TFC is a soccer team.) You have probably read about or have seen the reports that went viral after fans yelled vulgar comments at television…
The Price of Discipleship
Jesus is on his way to Jerusalem, a journey that he knew would end with him being crucified, and yet many of those following him thought he was on his way to establish his Kingdom in the capital city. Sometimes I wonder if Jesus ever wanted to say: “What we’ve got here is a failure…
The High Road
In a society that seems to be obsessed with violence, almost to the point of celebrating it, this was a refreshing story. Kevin Vickers gave the convocation address at Mount Allison University this past week after being granted an honorary degree. For those who have been living in a cave for the past seven months,…
Hope for the Hopeless
So we are picking up our story where we left off last Mother’s Day. You remember where we left off last Mother’s Day don’t you? For the few of you who don’t recall last year’s message. It began with a drought in the country of Israel, God’s prophet Elijah was instructed to go to a…
When it Rains
Up until yesterday the name Andre Levingston didn’t mean anything to me. If I had heard it before, and I probably had, it had never registered with me. And then I saw Levingston in an interview with ATV news anchor Steve Murphy and I kind of liked him. In case you are like me, Levingston…
The Journey of Communion
For Christians around the world the celebration of Communion is something we have in common. Oh we might call it by different names, and we might fight over how often we should observe communion, what actually happens to the elements when we receive them, and even over what we use for elements but there is…