The Nature of Holiness

The nature of Holiness If there is one concept in the bible that seems to be foreign to us in 2016, almost to the point of incomprehensible is the concept of sacrifice.  Not the concept of making sacrifices for something or someone, we all do that on a fairly regular basis.  As parents we make…

What about the Ponies?

I saw a headline awhile back that said, “The Global eradication of Polio” and my first thought was, “I didn’t know there was a movement to eradiation Polo. Maybe it has something to do with the way they treat the ponies.”  Seriously, I am not making this up. And then I realized the article was…

Enough with the Selfies

Enough with the selfies. And you thought that selfies were harmless.  When selfies first came out I thought taking pictures of yourself with a cell phone was a passing fad.  But no, it seems that they are here to stay.  All kinds of people are taking pictures of themselves, from the famous to the unknown. …

The Blame Game

Selfies are nothing new and certainly nothing out of the ordinary.  But what about a selfie taken at 182 Kilometers per hour?  Last summer, Christal McGee of Georgia was involved in an accident while taking a selfie using the Snapchat speed filter, which posts your speed in your selfie.  While trying to drive and take…

The Way of Holiness

For far too many people when they think about a life of walking in obedience to God that would be how they would picture it, a monotonous, dreary forced march.  Nothing pleasurable about it, but if you want to get to heaven, it’s the way you have to go.  All the colour and all the…

Who are you?

They want to know who we are and they aren’t content to simply asking Google or Facebook they are asking, or telling, us to give them the details.  Did you take the time to fill out your census form this past week?  Ours was relatively short, thus why it was called the short form &…

Kinfolk

--> --> I love the history of the Wesleyan church.  Born out of the abolitionist movement of the early 1800’s, our founders saw a distinct connection between holiness and social justice.  That desire for equality and justice carried over into the suffragette and women’s rights movement and continues today as Wesleyans around fight the battle…

Called to Be Holy

For those of you who have kids, do you remember when your children were little, and you envisioned all they could be?   You never pictured them as being average, normal yes, average no.  You had high expectations for what your child could be and would be.  If they played hockey they’d be the next Gretzky,…