You are the apple of my eye! Have you ever heard that expression? Probably not recently in common usage, but maybe in an old movie or a historical novel. There was actually a song that made the charts by that name in 1956. It was sung by Frankie Valli and the Four Lovers. The group…
Silence is Golden. . . But
The other day while driving in the Super Store parking lot, a couple stepped out in front of me and then walked down the centre of my lane, right in front of me. They’re just strolling along, completely oblivious to the car right behind them, appropriately socially distanced of course. I’m thinking: don’t they even hear…
Say What? My Brother’s Keeper
It started out as a case of sibling rivalry and ended up as a case of murder. It’s a familiar story from the Old Testament, but not one that we think about very often. It involved the sons of Adam and Eve. And I know that we can get caught up in a lot of…
Change
Nobody likes change. Well actually, some people thrive on change, but most people don't. Robert Kriegel wrote, “Nobody likes change, except busy cashiers and babies with wet diapers” and he was mostly right. We like the routine and we like the familiar, but the reality is that change in life is inevitable. Cornerstone is in…
The Family of God
The church! When you think of the church, what is it you think of? For some people, there is only one church. The one they were brought to as an infant, where they went to Sunday School and then on to youth group. The church where they were baptized, where they were married, and the…
Those who wait. . .
I read an article that said that we will spend five years of our life waiting in line! Five years! There have been times I felt like I waited five years in one line. And that was before we had to wait in line to get into our favourite grocery store. That five years doesn’t include the time…
The Body of Christ
The Church. When I say church, what do you think of? A little white clapboard building with a steeple and a bell, or perhaps something a little more modern than that. The first picture is Seal Cove Wesleyan Church, and that was the church Angela’s mother grew up in and the church where Angela attended…
And Just Like That. . .
And just like that, I was sixty. Seriously, on Friday I was in my fifties and suddenly on Saturday I was in my sixties. How did that happen? I lived through JFK’s assassination, the moon landing, the Vietnam war, the FLQ crisis, the oil shortage scare in the seventies, several recessions, 9-11 and now the Corona…
We the Church: What the Church is
The church! When you think of the church, what is it you think of? Maybe it’s Cornerstone. This might be where you met Jesus, where you were baptized and where you have grown in your faith. Maybe it’s the church from your childhood. The church where you met Jesus, where you were baptized and where…
Cast the First Stone
Did you ever say anything or do anything as a teenager you regretted as an adult? Would you want to be judged today by how you behaved as a teen? I wouldn’t. There are reasons that we aren’t permitted to vote or to enter into legally binding contracts as a teen. If you are like…