Penn of DennSo are you ready? According to some, it is now less than three years away, the end of the world that is. That's right, according to some doomsayers, December 21st, 2012, marks the end of the 5,125-year cycle of the Mayan calendar.What does that mean? It depends. To some, it means various doomsday…
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…
Party Crashers
Penn of DennDid you hear about the couple that crashed the White House party? Apparently, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, somehow faked their way into a reception at the White House, that was being held in honour of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.It has yet to determined how the pair gained entrance to the event, but…
Inoculation
I had my H1N1 vaccine a couple of weeks ago. Since the clinic was at the church, all of my usual excuses for skipping the flu shot; can't find the time, it's not convenient etc., were rendered moot.We all know the theory behind being vaccinated or inoculated and usually it's a good thing, but. .…
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…
Huh?
It's a quandary; MacLean's magazine recently highlighted a story entitled, "The New Canadian Morality". It seems that Anus Reid Strategies sponsored a national survey last month, asking Canadians their opinions on 21 ethical questions. Angus Reid tells us that 60% of Canadians still identify themselves as Christians, which is interesting when you consider that the…
Martha: The Good the Bad and the Ugly
She was a little steamed, actually she was a lot ticked and who could blame her. Sure she had been the one who had invited the company over, but it wasn't just her home, I mean her sister could do a little bit to help out. Instead she just sat there staring up at their…
Tearing down the Walls
Well, they tore it down! I wanted to tear it down in 1988 and Joe wanted to tear it down in 1995, but this week they tore it down. For a hundred and forty years, it had been a part of the ecclesiastical landscape of Truro. For fifty-five years, it had been Pleasant Street Methodist…
Mission Statement of the Church
It was almost as if it had never happened. Almost as if it had been a dream, a bad dream, but just a dream. Everything was exactly the way it had been before. Jesus spoke about the kingdom, they walked everywhere they went and did lunch together. It was hard to believe that a month before…