If you’ve been around Cornerstone long enough you have probably heard our mission statement or perhaps you’ve read it on our website. Late in the last century when Angela and I were dreaming about what this church would look like we were told that an important part of that process was to develop a mission…
Lost . . .
“The first thing I thought was that this is exactly what will happen when Donald Trump will be elected: It's good practice.” Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley may have joked about the recent invasion of his town by Americans, but he wasn’t laughing when he realized that Sarnia would have to pay to get them home.In…
1 Corinthians 3:16
The city of Corinth was rife with temples, the temple of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, stood atop the Acrocorinth, which means the Acropolis of Corinth, but you probably knew that. Acropolis is simply a fancy word for high ground. And so Aphrodite’s temple held an honoured place high above the city. And before you…
Us vs Them
Staying on a sports theme from the last couple of weeks, albeit a different time and different game, I read an article recently about some of the original players from the 1972 Summit Series. That would be a hockey series, specifically a series between Canada and the former Soviet Union. I remember watching the last…
Philippians 3:16
I’m not a big sports fan, but you know that. I have a favorite hockey team, and I picked the Habs because that has the potential to annoy the most people. But I really don’t watch sports. If we have a Super Bowl Party, I will watch some of the game. When the Habs make…
Spending for Gold
--> I kind of like the Olympics, I don’t watch a lot of them but do enjoy what I watch and enjoy cheering on the home team.And then I stop and think about how much the Olympics cost. Montreal finally paid for the 1976 games in 2006. Was it any wonder the Olympic Stadium was…
James 3:16
James 3:16 The date was October 1st 1770 and the event was the funeral of noted evangelist of the time George Whitfield. Whitfield was a contemporary of John Wesley and Wesley had been asked by Mr. Whitfield to deliver the funeral message. It is interesting to note that their relationship went back to their days…
Here He Comes
“Planet Earth Pauses to Watch the Spectacle of Sprint” That was the headline that caught my attention the other day, and at first I thought that if the rest of the world was like me, the headline probably wasn’t far off. There doesn’t seem to be an Olympic event that captures the attention of the…
Daniel 3:16
Daniel 3:16 To do what is right or to do what is smart. Have you ever been faced with a situation where those seem to be your only two options? You know what’s right, you know what God requires of you and yet that doesn’t seem to be the wisest course of action. Maybe it’s…
The worth of a life
What is a life worth? Are some lives worth more than others? Human decency would say that all lives are worth the same, and society in general and the media in particular would declare that any other view is racist. However, the truth is that we apparently place more or less value on lives depending…