too wonderful

Scripture Reading: Genesis 18:1-15; 21:1-7 I mentioned a few weeks ago that I came home in mid-August to preside at a couple of weddings. After church on the Sunday morning, Bev and I made our way to Orangedale to spend the night before starting the drive to Ontario...

purpose

Scripture Reading: Genesis 2:4-25 We’re jumping into a new season in the church. A time when everything gets restarted: meetings begin to get scheduled, Sunday school starts, planning begins for worship celebrations like communion, anniversary Sunday, and...

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...

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...

crossing lines

Scripture Reading: Luke 13:10-17 This week I was participating in the Vacation Bible School hosted by St. Andrew’s. In total, over 80 children passed through the doors during the week. The average daily attendance was roughly 60 kids. There was a great amount of...