So I flew to Indianapolis, a couple of weeks ago, for a meeting at the Wesleyan Church Headquarters. It was a perfect day for flying and we arrived fifteen minutes early and as we taxied up to the terminal, I was already planning the most effective way to use my new found quarter of an…
Who’s Watching the Garden?
Imagine if you will that you own a beautiful and lavish home, not a far stretch for most of us here who live in a style that the majority of the world can only imagine, but I digress. Imagine if you will that you owned a beautiful and lavish home, a home that you had…
Look Up, Way Up!
Did you see the space station fly overhead last Tuesday night? It was really cool! It was a gorgeous night; not a cloud in the sky, a zillion stars overhead and right on cue, the International space station arrived chasing the shuttle across the evening sky.As Angela, Ruth and I stood staring up at the…
It Was a Cushy Job.
Comfortable, Challenged It was a cushy job. And he knew it. It was probably the best job in the kingdom and he was well aware of how lucky he was to have it. Work wasn't always easy to find especially when you were a foreigner. Most of his friends worked as labourers, and in unskilled positions.…
Save a Life. . . or Two
Penn of DennDid you hear about the homeless man in Winnipeg, who jumped into the Red River and saved a drowning victim? Twice! It seems that Faron Hall was on the riverbank last week, when 19 year old Tara Beardy began to struggle with the current after diving into the eight metre deep water. The…
Find Time
Pussy cat, pussy cat where have you been?"I have been to London to visit the queen"Pussy cat, pussy cat what did you there?"I frightened a little mouse right under her chair" You ever think about it? Here is a cat that has been given probably the greatest opportunity of his life, the chance to see the…
Have you been crucified
If there is one thing that really bugs me about some preachers today it's that they lie I mean they don't just tell little lies, they tell great big whopping lies. theological lies and spiritual lies. They tell their people things that aren't true, and things that are heresies. And the biggest heresy that is…
The Persistent Decision
It was the spring of 94 or the fall of 94, I get them confused, only because we were in Australia and it was April, which is fall there but spring here. Regardless of what it's called it was April and in April in Queensland you could get these really neat torrential rainstorms that lasted…
The Compassionate Decision
He just kept right on smiling. It didn't matter what they did or what they said he just kept right on smiling. They were American army officers and he was their Korean house boy, and for what ever reason they gave him a hard time about everything, he wasn't fast enough, he wasn't polite enough,…
The Joyful Decision
To be like Christ, to be Christ like. That is the goal of most Christ followers, if you ask people who are serious about their faith where they want to go in their spiritual journey they will tell you they want to become more and more like Jesus. But what does that mean? One of…