I fear for Canada! While we can’t claim to have been founded by those seeking religious freedom,( unless it was a freedom to trap and sell beavers), for almost 150 years our public policy and laws were shaped with at least a nod to our Christian heritage. However, it would appear that those who lean…
Deja Vu
It is like Déjà vu all over again… the quote of course comes from Yogi Berra, but it seems to be a reality in the present day situation in Ukraine. In 1940 Russia began what is known as The Occupation of the Baltic States and for almost fifty years they occupied the countries of Estonia,…
Tolerance is a Two Way Street
It was recently announced that Trinity Western University in British Columbia intends to offer a law degree in 2016. And at least two provincial bar associations, including Nova Scotia, have voted to not allow students graduating from Trinity to be members of their associations. The reason? Trinity is Canada’s largest Christian liberal arts college and…
Heaven is for Real
I wonder how Johnny Depp is feeling after his latest movie was left in the dust by a movie about a Wesleyan Pastor and his family? “Heaven is for Real” opened in theatres this week in third place, which I think was a surprise to many. And people have asked me what I think about…
A Swing of Emotions
TALK ABOUT A SWING in emotions! I have been working on two separate messages this week, one for Good Friday and one for Easter Sunday: a messageof despair and a messageof hope, a message of defeat and a messageof victory, a message about the depths that man can fall and a message about the heights…
I Noah Guy. . .
We went and saw Noah last week. I actually enjoyed the movie. I went knowing that it had very little to do with the biblical telling of the story. Someone once said that asking Hollywood to do the Bible is like asking a gangster to speak about honesty. There have been enough criticisms about the…
A Word of Grace
Lessons in grace often come from where you least expect them. Many of you may have heard of the passing last week of Fred Phelps. Phelps was the founder ofWestboro Baptist Church, which was known most for its virulent hateful signs proclaiming God’s hatred of the homosexual community and for the pickets at the funerals of American…
Insane Giving
They called him the “Phantom Philanthropist”. Two weeks ago there were at least a dozen reports around the HRM about a stranger handing out fifty and hundred dollar bills along with five dollar coins. In some reports he asked people to pay it forward, in other cases people were simply asked to thank God for…
Lost. . .
It’s baffling and just a little bit scary. We are constantly reminded in today’s world of the fact that Big Brother is watching, with its satellites and endless array of electronic goodies, and that whatever liberties we give up it’s for a greater good. The world is a safer place. So how could they lose…
Missing
How long would you have to be gone before someone noticed that you were missing? A couple of days, a week, a month? How about six years? The body of Pia Farrenkopf—a forty-nine-year-old woman from Pontiac, Michigan—was discovered sitting in her Jeep Liberty, parked in her garage last week. Authorities assume that Ms. Farrenkopf’s body…