Here we are, week four of money month 2016, you still doing alright?  We having fun?  For those who are visiting with us or new to Cornerstone this is an annual event.  Each April I take the opportunity to teach the theology of stewardship, which is a fancy way of saying we look at what…

Length of Your Legacy How long will you be remembered?  I remember my Grandfather Guptill, we called him Da.  He passed away when I was 11.  I vaguely remember my mother’s grandfather, he passed away when I was seven, but we had moved overseas when I was five so those were my last recollections of…

Legacy of Work Can you remember your first paying job?  I can I was. 14 and got a job as a pile it.   You might think that is a strange first job for a 14 year old but it is what it is.  We lived in Hammond River just outside of Saint John New Brunswick…

So here we are, April.  For those who have been a part of the Cornerstone family for more than a year then you know what April means.  For those of you who have been with us for less than a year you might think that April is simply the month that falls between March and…

Jesus was guilty!  That’s right on that Good Friday so many years ago Christ was declared guilty.  He had fought the good fight but he had lost.  In the eyes of the world, in the eyes of His followers and in the eyes of his enemies Jesus Christ the carpenter from Nazareth had been proven…

It had been a full week, it had started with the crowds on the streets of Jerusalem and now here they were, just the thirteen of them in a private room celebrating the Passover.  And only two people in that room knew where the night would lead. Jesus, because he was. . . Jesus.  And…

For most of us the lead up to Easter begins with Palm Sunday, in case you missed it that’s today.  But really the stage was set before the celebration of the triumphant entry. Most of you know that I am a Jesus Christ Super Star nerd and in the past I’ve shown the Palm Sunday…

How many people know what a bucket list is?  If you don’t know, it is a list of things you want to do before you die, or kick the bucket.  The concept is best explained in the 2007 movie with Jack Nicolson and Morgan Freeman. (Show clip)  How many of you have a bucket list? …

We love cruising!  We took our first cruise in 2007 and decided that as long as we were able to, that we were going to cruise every year.  And we have, mostly Caribbean but one Alaskan and we are looking at the possibility of a Baltic Sea cruise, maybe in 2019. And cruising seems to…

A Tough Promise to Keep Have you ever made a promise you regretted?  Given your word and then realized the price was way too high but couldn’t find a graceful way to back out? Happened different times in the bible.  Herod had John the Baptist arrested because John wouldn’t stop harping on the fact that…