new things

Scripture Reading: Revelation 21:1-8 Over the last two weeks of our vacation we drove roughly 4500km visiting friends in Ottawa and Toronto, as well as taking in some of the sights in both cities. While we had a great trip and saw many places and friends… I have...

faces of addiction

Cape Breton has a problem. A huge problem. I’ve had people in their 20s tell me they know more people their age who have died than “old” people. Young adult males in Cape Breton are more likely to be problem drinkers than not (over 50% binge drink at...

keep on praying

We continue to pray for GC42 as it is an important one in the history of the United Church of Canada and it begins this weekend.   Lord, The people gather in Cornerbrook. People from our wide and incredibly diverse country, and our wide and incredibly diverse...

here we go

Scripture Reading: John 4:4-42 We have a few grandparents here, I’m sure. And I know you are very proud of your grandchildren because you love to talk about them. You talk about what they have been doing, no matter if they are 30 days old or 30 years old....

crops and weeds

Scripture Reading: Matthew 13:24-32 In our house we love to watch the BBC series Doctor Who. We’ve become big fans over the last year as we catch up on 8 seasons of the rebooted series on Netflix, and we are eagerly awaiting season 9 coming up this fall. For...