Keeping Commandments

Scripture Reading: 1 John 5:1-5 Remember when you had kids in the home? Or maybe you remember growing up yourself and your parents would always nag you about things. “Go wash your hands.” “Come in for dinner.” “Clean your room.” “Go have a bath.” (“But I just had one...

It’s All About Love

Scripture: 1 John 4:7-21 Love, exciting and new Come Aboard. We’re expecting you. And Love, life’s sweetest reward. Let it flow, it floats back to you. Love Boat soon will be making another run...

Training the machine

Scripture: 1 John 2:18-28 While I was driving to New Glasgow last Sunday afternoon, I was listening to CBC Radio and heard a story of how technology is helping, of all places, lawyers’ offices as they prepare legal cases. I’m sure we all remember the...

Living in the Light

Scripture: 1 John 2:7-17 Did anyone else get excited by the eclipse last month? We were driving back from vacation and stopped in Orangedale to see Bev’s family on the day of the eclipse. We got there just before the eclipse started and we quickly made a pinhole...

Make our joy complete

Scripture: 1 John 1:1-2:6 Well, here we are back at Carman for another year! We’ve had a light summer here in the church, a time of rest. And now that September is upon us, it’s the time of year we begin to try and remember what we were saying we should do...