Words to the Church, Part 1- Forget the Past

by | Aug 15, 2011 | Words to the Church

This month I want to spend a bit of time sharing my thoughts to the church. As a young(ish) clergy person I have some ideas after observing the state of the church over the last 10 years. Frankly, to be honest, if I wasn’t clergy, I’m not sure I’d be...

God [?] Love

by | Aug 11, 2011 | Reflections

Someone said to me once, “God means love.” At the time, I didn’t think much of it. Yeah, God and love are pretty tight, so a simple statement connecting the two seems to make sense at first glance. But the more I thought about it, the more the...

Let Go

by | Aug 8, 2011 | Sermons

“Let Go” Matthew 14:22-33; Romans 10:5-15 A couple of years ago, Bev and I went to Ottawa. I was still a student in seminary at that time and was scheduled for my annual interview with Ottawa Presbytery. It was just another one of those wonderful hours of terror as I...

The Cry of a People

by | Aug 4, 2011 | Reflections

As I was sitting eating breakfast this morning I was tuned into the news, catching up on the latest happenings. They did a piece on the famine in Somalia and the larger drought affected Horn of Africa. It’s the worst drought in 60 years we’re told. People...