unending love

Scripture reading: Hosea 11:1-9 QUICK!, tell me everything you know about Hosea! That’s what I thought. In fact, my answer would have been pretty minimal as well before this week when I started preparing for this message. Hosea is a prophet who lived in the...

leadership and choices

Scripture Reading: 1 Kings 12:1-17, 25-29 How quickly things can change! Last week we were looking at how the Israelites had been unified under a new king. The northern and southern kingdoms were unified and people were celebrating not only King David, but they were...

celebrate

Scripture Reading: 2 Samuel 5:1-5; 6:1-5 It’s interesting that this was our reading just after we had an election here in Canada. We just endured a marathon campaign spanning 78 days, far longer than any we have experienced for generations. It was long and it...

quiet faith

Scripture Reading: Ruth 1:1-17 In the movie series “Lord of the Rings” Frodo must take a powerful ring to Mordor, a volcano, in order to destroy it. Along the way he travels with others who are escorting him along the journey. At one point he feels it would be better...

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...

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...