Oops. Last summer Shirell Powell made the difficult decision to authorize doctors to stop life support efforts for her younger brother. It was only while arranging her brother’s funeral that she discovered that she made the decision to end the life not of her brother but of a complete stranger. Her brother was in jail…
What makes us Kin
I had a coffee with my cousin the other day and we caught up on each other’s lives and chatted about family. It was an enjoyable afternoon. We discovered that we had a number of things in common and not just our white beards. We both drive the same model car, love history and we…
Whoville: You are a Victor
He had lived through the war and the war had shaped who he was. It had also shaped how he saw others. In particular, it shaped his view of the Japanese. Between Pearl Harbour and the war that followed he had very little time or use for those who called Japan their home. But in…
Put down your phone
There are denominations that seem to obsess on the end times but I wouldn’t have guessed the Russian Orthodox Church to be one of those. And yet the church’s head, Patriarch Kirill, is warning that the Antichrist might be closer than we think. Recently he speculated that smartphones might be leading us one step closer…
Just wait!
I read an article a while back that said that we will spend 5 years of our life waiting in line! There have been times that I’ve felt like I waited 5 years in one line. That doesn’t even start to include the time we spend waiting on the phone, waiting at red lights…
God Gave you A Brain
Seriously? I mean, really? It’s pretty obvious that common sense was a little lacking in this man’s repertoire. Last week a man in his sixties from New Zealand blew up his boat and himself. The explosion was caused when he checked for a gas leak by lighting a match. I kid you not, with a…
Whoville: I am a Disciple
Back in November the worship team introduced the song “Who You Say I Am”, maybe you remember. And as the team was singing, I had an epiphany. An epiphany is defined as: a moment of sudden revelation or insight. And maybe epiphany is a little strong but considering that many Christians celebrate today as “Epiphany”,…
Brand New Year, Same Old Vision
Well, here we are about 2000 years down the road from that first church. I’m sure if Peter and John had of ever discussed the future of the Christian church that they could not have envisioned what it would be like 2000 years later. I mean 2000 years! The Jewish religion wasn’t even 2000 years…
More than Merry Christmas
At first, I thought it was just my imagination, but then Angela mentioned it and I started paying more attention. And I’m not sure what to make of it. Maybe you noticed it as well. This year it seemed that more people were wishing me Merry Christmas, in stores and on the phone. On Christmas…
A Christmas Carol Stave 5, Christmas Eve
Here we are it’s Christmas Eve, which brings us to the end of our A Christmas Carol Series at Cornerstone. Through the past four weeks we’ve been using Dickens’ most famous story as a frame work for the Christmas story. If you aren’t familiar with A Christmas Carol, it is divided up into five chapters…