And just like that, everything changed. This wasn’t the way it was supposed to end. He was the product of a good family, he had been raised worshipping God, he had followed God’s calling, had done God’s work and had preached God’s message and this wasn’t the way it was supposed to end. In a…
A Matter of Evil
And just like that, everything changed. Things will never be the same in Nova Scotia again, and all because of an evil that will not be named. When ********** went on his murderous spree last Sunday he was not just a murderer, he was a thief. He stole the lives of some people and he…
The Day that Everything Changed, For Judas
And Just like that, everything changed. We have a brand-new series starting this week at Cornerstone called: “The Day Everything Changed”. And many of us can point to a specific date in our lives when everything changed. Maybe it was the day that we met your spouse, or the day we realized that your marriage…
. . . until Christ is all you have
We recently bought a new Corolla and as a part of the Toyota Safety Sense, it’s got a neat feature called a Pre-Collision System. The official explanation is that it is: “a safety system designed to reduce the possibility or severity of frontal collisions by warning drivers of impending crashes with vehicles ahead.” So in…
What to When You Wake Up in a Grave
I’ve told the story before, in 2013 I was leading a teaching trip in West Africa. We flew into the capital of Ghana, Accra and then drove 16 hours to where we were teaching. Now I love the people of Ghana, and there are many things about West Africa I enjoy, but the traffic is…
What to do When You’re Nailed to a Cross
So, this is how it would end. Not being crowned a king but dying a criminal. Executed as a traitor to both his country and his faith. This weekend we are tying up our Worst-Case Scenario series. Through January and February and then again in April we’ve been looking at various Worst-Case scenarios from the…
When I’m afraid . . .
It seems like a lifetime ago, but it been less than a month since that I read an article about travellers cancelling their trips and vacation plans because of fear over COVID-19. The gist of the article was that travellers were discovering the limitations of their travel insurance. In most cases, the discovery wasn’t a…
What to Do When Hope is Lost
Through January and February, our sermon series was Worst-Case Scenarios. Who would have believed that a month later the world would be living through a worst-case scenario? We could write a new chapter to the book: What to do if you are living in a pandemic. 1. Wash your hands 2. Don’t touch your face…
Looking to the Future
Twenty-Five years ago this week I was stressing about our first worship service as a church. Would there be someone there to unlock the LeBrun Centre? Would anyone show up for the service? Would I remember my message? Seems like minor worries today. The day we launched, phrases like social distancing and self-isolation were unheard…
After the Lock Down
Everyday things change. Each day more things close and more directives are issued on how we are to behave, or not behave. And while it seems that most people have taken it in stride, for the most part, there has been some public shaming, when people don’t act the way others think they should.…