A Plea to the Generations

The other day my wife found this post and shared it with me, “a plea to spiritual fathers to stop eating their young”. It hit home. I didn’t grow up in the church. I didn’t know Jesus Christ in my life until my late 20s so I have no ties to the...

Let Go

“Let Go” Matthew 14:22-33; Romans 10:5-15 A couple of years ago, Bev and I went to Ottawa. I was still a student in seminary at that time and was scheduled for my annual interview with Ottawa Presbytery. It was just another one of those wonderful hours of terror as I...

Sermon August 10-08 – “Walking on Water”

“Walking on Water” August 10, 2008 – Matthew 14:22-33 There is an old story that has often been re-told in especially the Eastern Orthodox part of the church. According to the tale, a devout abbot from a monastery decided to take a prolonged spiritual retreat in...