waking up to a new Canada
It was a late night last night. Sometime after 1am I crawled in to bed and drifted off to sleep. But before that I was sure to pray for our nation, our newly elected MPs and for our new Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau. After 10 years, Canadians voted for a change, and...
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 take out...
“The Holy Spirit CAN build a church”
Last week I was privileged to travel the maritimes with a lovely couple, John and Lorraine Baergan from Church Renewal Ministry Canada. This is an organization I have been hearing about for the last year or two. It centres on a church in Steinbach, Manitoba which...
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 opposing...
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...