Over the past couple of years the media has made having a hay day with the news that fewer and fewer Canadians are attending church on any giving Sunday. They cite statistics that as a people Canadians seem to be becoming more spiritual, that is they pray more and meditate but they are not going…

It was a quiet Saturday morning as the guests began to filter into the little church.  Friends of the couple had been there for hours making sure everything was just perfect.  The guests were a diverse bunch, some were friends of hers, and others were friends of his.  They both had family there as well…

It’s funny but in church life we often have a few different “Brand New Years”.  The first Sunday in January we celebrate the “New Year” with the rest of Canada often with a sermon on forgetting the past and looking ahead to what God has in store for us.  At Cornerstone as well as other…

I am.  That’s what Jesus said. “I am.”  Since June we have been 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 am the light…

“I am”.  Over the past eight weeks we have been looking at the various times that Jesus describes himself using the phrase “I am”.  And so we have examined Jesus words and meaning when he said “I am the way”, “I am the truth”, “I am the life”, “I am the resurrection”, “I am the…

Where is he?  Where?  Where is he?  How many times had she asked that question over the past four days.  Her only brother had come down with some mysterious virus and nobody could do anything for him.  Well nobody except for their friend Jesus.  How many times had he reached out his hand and the…

It’s funny, I don’t have a favorite German Chancellor or a favourite African dictator but I do have a couple of favorite American Presidents.  I have enjoyed reading the quiet wit of Calvin Coolidge, don’t know what he was like as a president but he said some quotable things.  Although it happened when I was…

6 years ago Al Gore was celebrated for his quasi-documentary “An Inconvenient Truth”  Almost fifty years after the event people are still looking for the truth surrounding the assassination of John Kennedy and the suicide of Marilyn Munroe, there are those who are convinced that we have never been told the truth about 9/11 and…

I am!  What a statement.  I am.  When I was growing up I used to watch Popeye and you may remember that he used to say “I yam, what I yam”  And Popeye was simply stating his acceptance of himself.   And that’s not a bad thing, being comfortable in your own skin.  That doesn’t mean…

Man on the Street video about Jesus. So who do you think Jesus was? And more importantly: who do you think Jesus is today?   You obviously think something about Jesus you are sitting in church on Sunday Morning.  So who is Jesus for you?  Usually Jesus gets good reviews, even when people don’t think he…