by revnick | May 21, 2013 | Reflections, Uncategorized
This weekend we were richly blessed in my town. We were blessed by the presence of children, children who have very different lives than we have. On Sunday morning people from about 6 different churches came together to worship on Pentecost Sunday. Why? Because we had...
by revnick | May 13, 2013 | Reflections
“Decide in your heart of hearts what really excites and challenges you, and start moving your life in that direction. Every decision you make, from what you eat to what you do with your time tonight turns you into who you are tomorrow, and the day after that....
by revnick | May 7, 2013 | Reflections, Words to the Church
The church is going through significant change, at least in the mainline denominations. Whether they like it or not. Today, in the United Church of Canada we’ve heard that 28 people will be notified they will be without work in our national office. 14 through...
by revnick | Apr 18, 2013 | Reflections
“You never know how thirsty you are until you come to the well.” These words came to me as we prayed during one of our times of worship last week at the Cruxifusion conference. There were many moments where it felt the Holy Spirit was completely enveloping...
by revnick | Apr 4, 2013 | Words to the Church
Over the last few weeks… months… years… (decades?)… there have been people writing articles saying that the church is dead or dying. Nothing new here. We’ve heard it before, we’ll keep hearing it over and over again. But...
