In 2023, Lord, open the eyes of our hearts
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In 2023, Lord, open the eyes of our hearts

The title character of the British comedy-drama Doc Martin is a successful vascular surgeon in London whose career is derailed because he develops hemophobia, an extreme irrational fear of blood. He is forced to take up a humbler vocation as a village General Practitioner in the fictional seaside Cornish village of Portwenn (Port Isaac).  Until…

Can we skip to the good part?
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Can we skip to the good part?

I was a voracious reader as a kid. I wasn’t stuck on a particular genre, but if the story became too intense or lagged on long, I’d skip over the chapters and catch the ending. I welcomed spoilers. Later, as a young adult in college, my friends and I would commiserate over the fact that…

Should I invest in fear or love in 2022?
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Should I invest in fear or love in 2022?

In the Bible, Matthew 25 is a parable about a kind of investment banker who, before leaving on a long trip, distributes eight bags of gold among three of his employees. The first employee gets five bags of gold, the second gets two bags, and the third employee gets just one bag of gold.  When…

Words for change
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Words for change

Change.Are you excited or frightened? Is it a command, a request, a statement? Do you see it as external or internal? In the changing of the year, we reflect on change “for auld lang syne.” Time, by definition, changes, and studies suggest the pace of change is increasing. There is economic change, social change, political…

Yesterday is gone
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Yesterday is gone

Pain does crazy things to your life. It can bring the toughest person beyond their breaking point.

It is finished

It is finished

This year is nearly done, finished, and we can’t repeat it even if we try. All the experiences that we have walked through in 2015 are now filed away in our memory banks. We can take out the files every once in a while (or more often than we should) and try to put ourselves back into certain situations.

2015: A good year for witness

2015: A good year for witness

Though I am not a church planter nor the son of a church planter but one whom God has called from a very small herd, I offer this suggestion: 2015 is a very good year for Canadians to witness to Christ’s kingdom of peace.

Take up and read!

Take up and read!

As the New Year begins I once again pick up my Bible and start reading from page one through to the end. I don’t know how many years I’ve done this now. I do recall a point in my life where I was prompted to do it. Within the same week I heard two sermons from different preachers and read an article all centred on the theme tolle lege. It’s a Latin phrase previously unknown to me. It means “take up and read.”

To those who diet after Christmas
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To those who diet after Christmas

There’s no doubt, Christmas hurts the waistline.

Search me!

Search me!

We still live with the anticipation of Jesus the Messiah, our coming King, who will rule and reign – every government upon his shoulders. We still long for the day when every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that he is Lord of all.

A September New Year

A September New Year

I love September. It is the month God ordained my life to begin. It is the month I was married. It is also the month when the weather turns crisp and cool and the trees start to dress in their striking autumn garb.