When I was a child, our family lived in Germany and the bread was dark and coarse.  When we moved home to Canada my image of bread became my Grandmother’s home-made bread enjoyed warm with homemade strawberry jam and a slice of old cheddar cheese. During my teen years, bread was used as a figure…

“I am.”  That’s what Jesus said. “I am.”  Over the next few weeks we will be looking at the various times that Jesus used the phrase “I am” to metaphorically describe himself.  “I am the Way”, “I am the truth”, “I am the resurrection”, “I am the life”, “I am the bread of life”, “I…

Were you scared of the dark when you were a little kid?  Maybe you are still scared of the dark. Dark wasn’t my favourite when I was a kid.  And back then as a kid, you even got to be out after dark.  And until I was 16, we lived in the sticks and when…

Do you have a favourite musical group?  No doubt it has changed through the years.  When I was a young teen, I liked Herman's Hermits.    Then I graduated into a number of Canadian Bands, BTO, Five Man Electrical Band, Trooper, April Wine. When I went to Bible college, most of those groups were frowned upon…

Wow, it’s 2021.  I don’t know that there has ever been a new year as anticipated as this one.  Considering the year we just came through not sure that that says a lot about 2021, or 2020.  Kind of like the guy who was banging his head against a wall and someone asked him why…

Have you ever argued with God?  Or complained to God?  Have you ever wanted to know why He did what He did and why He didn’t do what he didn’t do? Perhaps you were simply offering him advice on how to run the world.  Not necessarily the entire universe but the world, or at least…

I can think of nothing sadder than a life lived without hope. A hope that regardless of how bad things might seem, that things could get better.  That ultimately every night has a dawn, every storm has an end, and every mountain has a peak. Author and preacher Max Lucado writes, “We need hope. There's…

Every once in a while, I will hear that someone has been inducted into this hall of fame or that hall of fame.  Maybe the Country Music or Rock-and-roll Hall of Fame, and I think “Seriously, what took them so long?”  I would have assumed that they would have been there long ago.  But then…

Choosing between a good decision and a bad decision is usually pretty simple.  It’s not always easy, but It’s usually simple.  The choice is usual clear. Good.  Bad. But what about when you think you are making a good decision and you’re asked to do something different?  Not something bad, just something different, perhaps something…

He was their entire life.  And they were incredibly thankful. They knew people who had never been able to have children, and even those they only had one, he meant the world to them.    It wasn’t that they couldn’t conceive, that they were able to do, but some cruel twist of fate made his…