In an effort to be environmentally aware, this Father’s Day I’ve decided to embrace the ethos of Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. Most of you know that my Dad passed away a couple of weeks ago, and many of you are aware that I conducted Dad’s funeral and preached at it. As I was working on…
The Promise of Peace
Do you remember praying as a child? Do you remember the words that you prayed? Let’s try it together: “Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep, if I should die before I wake I pray the Lord my soul to take.” In retrospect a little creepy, but…
We are Family
With the passing of my father last week, I was reminded once again of the importance of family. We were surrounded by my sister and her family along with various cousins, nieces and nephews, many of whom my kids had never met before. I continue to be amazed at how tragedies cause us to circle…
The Promise of a Helper
It wouldn’t be long, and he knew it. For three years he had taught throughout Israel, for three years he had healed the sick and fed the hungry. For three years he pointed people to the Kingdom of God, but the time was coming, it wouldn’t be long now, and he knew it. The end…
It’s all in how you view it
Well, another survey is out showing that Christianity is losing ground and that church attendance is down. The world would like us to think that we’re failing in our mission. But, depending on your perspective, we aren’t losing, we’re winning. When you stop and think about it, every person who isn’t a Christian hasn’t been…
The Promise of Rest
Sometimes you hear people talk about how hard they work and how tired they are. But in 2018 in North America, I’m not sure that we have that completely in perspective. And I understand that there are different types of work and different types of tired. I was in a meeting with a group…
Dreams not Nostalgia
From ski slaloms to swimming pools. What had once been showpieces on the world stage are now ruins. The victims of war, neglect and bankrupt nations. I read an article the other day about Olympic venues from around the world that are no longer in use and have fallen into total disrepair. And that wasn’t…
When Only One Believes
“Love and Marriage, Love and Marriage, goes together like a horse and carriage”, at least that’s what the song says. You know as well as I do that isn’t always the reality. Sometimes the horse doesn’t want to pull the carriage, and sometimes the carriage doesn’t want to be pulled. For the last seven…
Not sure how it works. . .
Apparently, it was new technology for her and she was really struggling. I just happened to be there for her conversation with the support staff as she went through the process step by step. She wanted to make sure that she had done everything right and that the recipient would get her message. I would…
Stop it. . .
A recent tweet from the Habs official account took a shot at Brad Marchand warning him about the dangers of licking golf balls. Which of course was a reference to Brad’s recent habit of annoying his opponents by licking their face, and a 1997 news article from the UK that stated: “Some golf courses warn…