Two men, the number is both important and irrelevant. It is important because there had to be two, one would not have been enough. It’s irrelevant because those two men represent every human being who has ever lived. Two men, the number is both important and irrelevant. The story is a familiar one to those…
Fear Not But. . .
What are you afraid of? What sends shivers down your spine or keeps you up at night? Marie Curie wrote, “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” Perhaps if she had of feared radiation a little…
Everywhere to Everywhere
Last week I went to the uttermost parts of the world, or maybe I just met them halfway. I was a representative from the Atlantic district and a guest at the International Conference of the Wesleyan Church, held in Bridgetown Barbados. During that time, I dined with pastors from Myanmar, Poland, Bangladesh, Mongolia, Cambodia and…
Citizen who?
Last week I reached out to a distant relative in Estonia. I had never met Mihkel before, but apparently we share DNA. Thankfully, he is fluent in English because my Estonian is a little rusty. By rusty, I mean non-existent. I have been looking for information on my Great Grandfather who left Estonia in 1917…
But, Fear Not
I don’t know if there is a worse taunt when you are a kid than being called a scaredy cat. Having my friends think I was afraid to do something was a major embarrassment for me as a child and probably got me into more trouble and has caused me to shed more blood than…
Really?
I was thinking about an article I read a while back about a man in Kansas City, Kansas by the name of Wesley Fitzpatrick. It seemed that Fitzpatrick applied for a temporary restraining order against a female whom he said was stalking him. Fitzpatrick claimed that she was making him “scared and depressed and in…
But, you must Believe
With one word everything changes, I love you. . . but, I would. . . but, You’re healthy. . . but. It’s only a small word, it only has three letters however that one word is the hinge that swings a statement in another direction. For example, Jeffrey Fry wrote “Integrity is not everything, but…
The Power of the Spoken Word
Earlier this month I ate at the Cunard Restaurant in Miramichi, and it was great. I was on a district trip with two other pastors and one of them mentioned the Cunard. He had never been there, but as a teenager he had watched Hockey Night in Canada and the Cunard Restaurant was a sponsor. …
But, Easter
It started as a day marked with mourning, but today it is a day of celebration. It started as a day when the forces of Evil celebrated victory, but today it is a seen as the day when goodness and grace triumphed. It started as a day when people paused to remember what man did…
Holy Day or Holiday?
I was kind of curious about where he was going. I heard a DJ on the radio talking about the long weekend that was coming up and how it wasn't just another long weekend. This was a very special long weekend because of what it represented. This is getting interesting, I thought. Then he added…