A Game of Hope
I came across an interesting video the other day. Sometimes I just save links because they interest me, or look interesting enough to check out later. This was one of them. This is a big time of year for football, here in Canada it's our national university final (the...
Journey and Praise
Another Sunday has passed, and it was a special one. Once again our Sunday School led us on a journey. We saw the maps and the artifacts of the very long journey Abraham took his family on. The days, weeks, months, and years of travel, covering the distance from our...
What Happens Now?
This morning I opened up my RSS reader and found this post, "Traditional church organization plants 75 house churches" In it there is the following quote from Reggie McNeal, "Probably most of the people in your city who are interested in coming to your church are...
We Believe in the Holy Spirit
“We Believe In The Holy Spirit” John 14:15-31; Nicene Creed We've come to the end of the Nicene Creed. This statement of faith crafted in the fourth century by some of the first leaders in the church. In this creed they cover what they see as the essential basics of...
Remembrance Day Reflections
Earlier this week I had the great pleasure to be the guest speaker at a local elementary school's Remembrance Day service. As usual the children did a fabulous job, as they did in all the schools I went to this week. While I didn't use script, here is a rough...
We Believe In One Lord
“We Believe In One Lord” John 1:1-18; Nicene Creed We believe many things. We learn as we grow up that there are certain truths in our lives. We also learn not all these truths are helpful. We learn to accept certain realities will always be true. What sort of truths...