It was twenty years ago today. . ., and you might be thinking. . . that ” Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play….. but that’s just showing your age. It was twenty years ago today that the Guptills arrived back in Canada with the dream of a new church that would impact a community…
The Morning After the Night Before The Rest of the Story, Part 2
You have all felt the feeling or have heard of someone who has. “The dreaded morning after the night before.” You hadn’t intended on staying at the party that long, you knew that you had to get up the next morning and yet there it was. As some people say, “It is what it is.” …
Cheer Up Ye Saints of God, there’s nothing to Worry About, (Everyone on the Chorus)
It was a beautiful morning and as I walked toward my Smart Car I pushed the magic button that would retract the roof. Really, what’s the sense of having a convertible roof that you can open with a button if you never open it with the button? And as the roof began to open a…
The Prodigal The Rest of the Story Part 1
What would be the worst job that you could possibly imagine yourself in? If the bottom fell out of your world, and you had no safety net what would be on the very bottom of the list of occupations? Perhaps the person in charge of Rob Ford’s Public image? Now imagine if you will that…
Say What?
I was sitting in my office annex the other day and was listening to folks use Canada's third official language as they ordered double doubles, triple singles and four by fours. Which begs the question: is a coffee with four creams and four sugars still a coffee or is it liquid candy? But again I…
By Our Words
If there is one word that strikes fear in the hearts of most church goers it is “evangelism”. Most of us understand the necessity of people meeting Jesus. All but the most callous are heartbroken at the thoughts of friends and loved ones spending an eternity far from God. And yet. . . Yet, so…
. . . as sin!
I was looking for a specific product at a hardware store last week, apparently in vain. When it became obvious they didn't have what I needed and I would have to look elsewhere, the clerk sympathetically commented," What a sin!"An inconvenience yes, a nuisance maybe, but hardly a sin.It kind of made me think of…
Even Now
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…
First Silence Your Critics
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…
A Believing Mom
You ever been broke? I mean really broke? She was and she couldn’t believe what she was hearing! She was at the end of her rope. Life was hard enough for a widow in that day and age, but the drought that they had been experiencing had been the straw that broke the camel’s back.…