15 for 15
Back in May my wife and I celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary. Instead of taking a big trip we decided to do something different. For our 15th anniversary we are taking 15 Cape Breton adventures. Some are bigger than others, but all are things we haven't really...
The Body of Christ
"For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit." 1...
Book Review – A Year of Biblical Womanhood, Rachel Held Evans
A Year of Biblical Womanhood by Rachel Held Evans was a book I was unsure of picking up. Possibly for some of the reasons she mentions in her book. But I'm glad I did. Reading this book you will learn things about the Bible. You will laugh. You will sit in awe. You...
Guest Blog posting on “Hope”
Recently an online "friend" asked me to write something on hope. She posted it today. In my experience of life, few words hold the same emotional power and strength as the word hope. I suppose love used to, but it’s been watered down at times. I love that show. I love...
Lives in me
The end of Galatians 2 is one of my favourite passages of the Bible. Paul is writing to the church of Galatia to urge them to resist giving into the temptations of following certain ritual laws that some other teachers are telling them they need to follow in order to...
Reflecting on worship
After spending the weekend with Youth Forum as their chaplain last weekend, I've been reflecting a lot about worship. Worship has evolved over the eons. Passive, active, interactive, contemplative, silent, musical, it's an ever evolving movement for the body of...