#rememberme. In 2013 the British National Army Museum voted it "Britain's Greatest Battle".  If you are thinking perhaps “D-Day and Normandy” you’re close, that placed second.  Or maybe you drifted back further to the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, Waterloo placed third. Most of us would be hard pressed to come up with the correct…

Is it just me or does the US presidential election seem nastier than usual?  The interesting thing, or disturbing thing, or sad thing, use your own adjective, is that both Candidates would say they were at least brought up in the Christian tradition. When asked about her faith Mrs. Clinton responded with a trinity of…

Have you ever had a song or a part of a song stuck in your head?  You know like, . . .  “Mahna Manhna.”   You’re welcome. Back in the early eighties I heard a song once, only once as far as I can remember.  It was in the kitchen of our family home on Golden…

Do you remember when your kids were teens and you would leave them at home alone, maybe for an hour or a weekend?  If so then you know that the most important thing that you wanted them to remember were your last words. “I love you, remember your homework”, “I love you don’t forget to…

In all my years of ministry I haven’t found anything that can make church people as cranky as the music.  Seriously.  Thom Ranier a church growth and health consultant wrote “The comment ‘someone complained about the music at my church’ is a universal phenomenon of our age.” If you’ve been with us over the past…

It was just about this time of year 22 years ago.  We had just moved to Bedford to start what would eventually become Cornerstone and I had to fly to Colorado to attend what was called “Church Planters Boot Camp”, an intensive week long training session that included men and women from around North America.…

If you’ve been around Cornerstone long enough you have probably heard our mission statement or perhaps you’ve read it on our website.  Late in the last century when Angela and I were dreaming about what this church would look like we were told that an important part of that process was to develop a mission…

The city of Corinth was rife with temples, the temple of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, stood atop the Acrocorinth, which means the Acropolis of Corinth, but you probably knew that. Acropolis is simply a fancy word for high ground. And so Aphrodite’s temple held an honoured place high above the city.  And before you…

I’m not a big sports fan, but you know that.  I have a favorite hockey team, and I picked the Habs because that has the potential to annoy the most people.  But I really don’t watch sports.  If we have a Super Bowl Party, I will watch some of the game.  When the Habs make…