A Fisherman’s Tale: CHAPTER 28 The days had flown since we returned from Nazareth. Some days I fished and other days I spent with Jesus and the others. Our days with Jesus soon fell into a comfortable routine. He’d come by the house and we’d chat for a while and then we would wander through…
Tsunami of Grief
The other day, I was speaking to a friend who’s mother-in-law had recently passed away, and Eric was telling me how difficult the loss had been for his wife and family. Their story is a familiar one, and it has been told and retold over the past four months. Families unable to be with loved ones…
Say What? Cast the First Stone
So this was how it would end. Public humiliation and possibly a public death for a private act. An act that had never been intended to be shared with others and certainly not made public. It had all started out innocently enough, a shared glance, an innocent touching of hands, a long conversation and it…
Resentment Epidemic
“The West Has a Resentment Epidemic”, was the title of an article I stumbled upon the other day. I was intrigued. The premise of the article was an entire segment of society in the USA and the UK has been left behind after the countries recovered from the 2008 recession. The writer felt that the…
Say What? The Apple of My Eye
You are the apple of my eye! Have you ever heard that expression? Probably not recently in common usage, but maybe in an old movie or a historical novel. There was actually a song that made the charts by that name in 1956. It was sung by Frankie Valli and the Four Lovers. The group…
Silence is Golden. . . But
The other day while driving in the Super Store parking lot, a couple stepped out in front of me and then walked down the centre of my lane, right in front of me. They’re just strolling along, completely oblivious to the car right behind them, appropriately socially distanced of course. I’m thinking: don’t they even hear…
Say What? My Brother’s Keeper
It started out as a case of sibling rivalry and ended up as a case of murder. It’s a familiar story from the Old Testament, but not one that we think about very often. It involved the sons of Adam and Eve. And I know that we can get caught up in a lot of…
Change
Nobody likes change. Well actually, some people thrive on change, but most people don't. Robert Kriegel wrote, “Nobody likes change, except busy cashiers and babies with wet diapers” and he was mostly right. We like the routine and we like the familiar, but the reality is that change in life is inevitable. Cornerstone is in…
The Family of God
The church! When you think of the church, what is it you think of? For some people, there is only one church. The one they were brought to as an infant, where they went to Sunday School and then on to youth group. The church where they were baptized, where they were married, and the…
Those who wait. . .
I read an article that said that we will spend five years of our life waiting in line! Five years! There have been times I felt like I waited five years in one line. And that was before we had to wait in line to get into our favourite grocery store. That five years doesn’t include the time…