by revnick | Oct 8, 2014 | Reflections
Hope is a funny thing. We hope for lots of things. We hope for good weather on the weekend. We hope for that new job. We hope someday we’ll cure the world’s horrible diseases. We hope our friends will be healed. But there’s so much more hope that can...
by revnick | Aug 15, 2014 | Reflections
I wasn’t going to make a post about Robin Williams. I was going to leave it for the “experts” and those who knew him personally. But last night we watched one of my favourite all-time movies, Dead Poets Society, and I need to say something. When you...
by revnick | Jun 11, 2014 | Sermons
Today is Davis Day here in parts of Cape Breton (in the mining towns). As part of the day (also known as Miners Memorial Day) there is a church service and wreath laying ceremony in a local community. It rotates from mining town to mining town each year. This year it...
by revnick | Jun 8, 2014 | Reflections, Sermons, Words to the Church
Pentecost is a big day in the church. It’s the day God sent the Holy Spirit to his disciples. From there they began the church. In a way it’s the church’s birthday today. But as I think about it, I’m not sure I want to call it that. Birthdays...
by revnick | Jun 6, 2014 | Reflections
Five years ago tonight I stood on an outdoor stage on a lovely spring evening in Montreal in front of hundreds of people. And in one quick moment both ended one journey and began another. Five years ago tonight, I moved from being a candidate/ordinand/student to...
