Remembering Nammie

My grandmother, Minne Phillips (Nammie) passed away a few weeks ago. I was honoured to be able to take part in the service. Below are the words I shared in my eulogy… Remembering Nammie I love this picture of Nammie. It’s just as I will always remember...

Mighty to save

Happy, glorious, jubiliant Easter to everyone out there. Today is the day we celebrate the love of God, who came to Earth as Jesus and gave His life for us. Our God is an amazing God, to sacrifice His son out of love for all of us. To come, to teach, to show us the...

The Hope of Christmas

There are people all over the world who are waiting… looking… expecting something big to happen each Christmas. We spend lots of money buying, entertaining, celebrating, finding ways in which we can produce this “thing”. But Jesus comes in the...

The previous week that was…

So, I’ve had an interesting last 10 or so days. It all started off with a Unite In Worship conference that featured Robin Mark and Brian Doerksen as the headliners. It was amazing to sit and listen to these to in workshops, and to sit (or stand as the case...

Remembering Virginia Tech

Exactly one year ago we turned on our televisions and saw the horror happening at Virginia Tech. A shooting rampage taking 32 innocent lives before the shooter took his own. It’s important we remember what happened this day, and as Christians to reflect on what...

Some thoughts on the woman at the well

I did preach this past Sunday, but did not have a scripted sermon, so there’s nothing to post 🙂 What I will do is simply post some thoughts on the reading from John 4:5-42, Jesus encountering the Samaritan woman at the well. This reading speaks to us a lot today...