by revnick | Feb 20, 2015 | Uncategorized, Words to the Church
The following arrived in my inbox earlier this week. Nick, I read your blog articles with faithfulness, almost every one of them. I feel more of a “friend” with you through your writings more than in any other way. I feel so bad for you as a Minister in...
by revnick | Feb 18, 2015 | Reflections, Words to the Church
A couple of days ago the moderator of the United Church of Canada posted about the nearly demoralizing statistics of our denomination, and in Christianity in general, in a post entitled, “More than Numbers” In the post he highlighted the work of David...
by revnick | Oct 15, 2014 | Reflections, Words to the Church
I’ll be honest with you… because you know we’re like BFFs… aren’t we anonymous reader? Why I stay is a question that pops into my head on an all too frequent basis, as I know it does for others in my denomination. Recently I touched on...
by revnick | Oct 10, 2014 | Reflections, Words to the Church
There is a popular movement these days it seems. Not one I really thought I’d have to deal with. Certainly not one I want to deal with. After all, I thought people had integrity of character to be honest and real with one another. Oh, and to not do harm. But 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 | May 17, 2014 | Reflections, Words to the Church
This past Friday, the United Church of Canada’s “Comprehensive Review” task force hosted an online discussion on something it proposed in it’s report “Fishing on the Other Side” (found here). One of the radical suggestions the...
