What is true?
Teaching truth, abiding in it, and calling for a response.
Just look around for a moment. Teachers protesting and shutting down schools province-wide in Ontario…thousands of students out of school. Wet’suwet’en land dispute protests shutting down railways and roads crippling our country…indigenous people frustrated; thousands of people being laid off. Businesses closing or moving out of the country for 2020…Pier 1 Imports, Bose, Things Engraved, … More How much more will it take?
Steeped tea. The art of soaking tea leaves in water to flavour an otherwise tasteless substance. Ever made a nice hot cup? The aroma alone as it’s steeping awakens in us pending enjoyment of the steaming full-bodied beverage. Steeped just right makes just the right flavour. And then, you bring the steaming tea towards you…mmmm…. … More Steeped tea… towards Meditation
Loving the difficult people in our life is a reminder of God loving us.
“In spite of all our plans and preparations, the best (youth) ministries are continually working and improving their plans, rewriting the script every day, laying tracks just a few yards ahead of the train.” Mark DeVries, Sustainable Youth Ministry An acquaintance asked me the other day to share some insights from working 15 months in … More 15 Insights in 15 Months
“If you have never stood before God and been utterly confused, you are serving an idol. God is so much bigger than we could ever fathom.” Quoted by Steve Brown on Key Life. I gave it some thought… Sometimes in life things don’t make sense. We might lift our faces to God and ask ‘Why?’ … More Amidst ‘Utterly Confused’
“One of the easiest things to do is to make excuses why we don’t have time for God.” Mark Wanders, Dec. 2017 A life journey in relationship with Jesus Christ will take time and effort, and include some hard work. It will mean owning our schedule and dedicating intentional time put towards hearing what God … More My Bible, My Journal, and Owning My Schedule
A few days back I heard a CBC announcer speaking about the Terry Fox run happening this weekend. He reminded us to ponder as we run, “As you run, think of what he accomplished in his altogether short life.” September 15, 2019 marks a fortieth Terry Fox run including the first run Terry Fox initiated … More As You Run… Know You Have Hope
Maybe you’ve seen the sign. ‘Share the Road’. Think eternal. Share the narrow road that leads to eternal life. Every life counts. Make room for someone to join you. “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small … More Share the Road
Often with church we think about seating capacity. We build, gather, and grow (mostly internally) retaining our people and then dividing. Not a bad thing… but what if we thought bigger. Not bigger buildings, but bigger impact. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending … More Seating or Sending Capacity?
Not everyone who meets Jesus is commanded to follow Him in the same manner. Take two instances that are shared with us in the Gospel of Mark. In Mark chapter 5, ‘a man with an evil spirit’ meets Jesus. This man lived naked in tombs, and couldn’t be bound, though people tried – even with … More Go Tell… or Go Sell
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