Relationship

Scripture Reading: Deuteronomy 5:1-21; 6:4-9 Warnings and rules are often created because someone did something which others need to learn from. Sometimes it makes sense, sometimes it doesn’t. Like coffee shops now having “Caution: Contents are hot” on their...

“The Holy Spirit CAN build a church”

Last week I was privileged to travel the maritimes with a lovely couple, John and Lorraine Baergan from Church Renewal Ministry Canada. This is an organization I have been hearing about for the last year or two. It centres on a church in Steinbach, Manitoba which...

new name, new life

Scripture Reading: Genesis 32:22-30 The wrestlers in my high school were crazy. If they came to watch our basketball team, you could count on them to lead cheers at some point. You could expect them to do something you’d never expect; such as shout down the...

too wonderful

Scripture Reading: Genesis 18:1-15; 21:1-7 I mentioned a few weeks ago that I came home in mid-August to preside at a couple of weddings. After church on the Sunday morning, Bev and I made our way to Orangedale to spend the night before starting the drive to Ontario...

purpose

Scripture Reading: Genesis 2:4-25 We’re jumping into a new season in the church. A time when everything gets restarted: meetings begin to get scheduled, Sunday school starts, planning begins for worship celebrations like communion, anniversary Sunday, and...