He stood there staring up at the sky, he still couldn't believe his eyes, and it was as if he was seeing the sky for the first time. In a way he was, even if it was the same old sky that he'd always looked at it, he was seeing it through a whole new…
Tear Up the Roof
As they moved closer to the crowd their hopes begin to sink, what they thought would be a fairly simple task had taken on monumental proportions. When the suggestion came up to take their lame friend to Jesus everyone thought it was a great idea, all they had to do to get their friend to…
Childlike or Childish
It had started out quite innocently. But then again it usually does. It was just a discussion. They had just been sitting around chewing the fat and somebody had mentioned how important so and so was going to be in heaven. "I don't think so" said Peter "He hasn't got what it takes." Well it…
Go for the Gold: Hockey
Of all the events of the winter Olympics and there are 15 main events in all, plus their sub events, there is one event that seems to spark our country's collective psyche like none other and that is the Men's Hockey. You'll recall that at the winter Olympics in Salt Lake the Americans chose their…
Leaving Childish Things Behind
Can you remember being a kid? Can you remember the thrill of each new morning and the wonder of each new day? Can you remember when a week seemed like an eternity, and it was a lifetime between Christmases? Can you remember nursery rhymes and fairy tales, and thinking that all stories had a happy…
What Would Jesus say to Stephen Harper
I discovered as a teenager that if I wanted to begin a conversation with my father I only had to bring up politics, he has very definite views on the subject and isn't afraid to share them. So if the conversation was turning toward subjects that I didn't want to discuss like perhaps my behaviour…
The Mystery of Egypt
So here we are at the end of the first chapter in the Story of Jesus. If you have been with us since the beginning of the advent season then you know that we have been looking at some of the mysteries of Christmas. We started with the mystery of the Virgin Birth and how…
The Mystery of the Stable
Everybody loves a good mystery and the Christmas story if full of mysteries, full of whys and hows and whos. If you've been with us over the past few weeks you know the theme we have chosen for this advent season is "The Mysteries of Christmas"We started with the Virgin birth. One of the main…
The Mystery of Bethlehem
Mystery of BethlehemThe theme we have chosen for this advent season is "The Mysteries of Christmas". Last week we looked at the Mystery of the Virgin birth, how God Almighty the creator of the Universe stepped into the stream of human history to introduce his Son to the world. In that message we discovered that…
The Mystery of the Virgin Birth
The doctor turns to his patient after examining her and says "Perhaps you'd like to have your husband with you." To which she replies "I'm not married" "Well then maybe your boyfriend" the doctor says."I don't have a boyfriend either." The woman says.So the doctor gets up and walks over to the window and just…