I was ordained as a Minister of the Word and Sacraments over 45 years ago. It happened on a Thursday night because of Halloween, of all things! The elders of the rural Southern Alberta congregation that had called me, a 25-year-old seminary graduate, to be their pastor, had first scheduled the event for Friday night….
In Search of a New Horizon is the (translated) title of a fairly large paperback on my bookshelf: Op zoek naar een nieuwe horizon. The pastel green cover and the modernist font used for the title speak to the publication date, 1989; the two hands drawn beneath almost touch. The author, Dr. Wybe Zijlstra, was…
I asked this question to Artificial Intelligence (AI), which answered: “A sermon is a religious speech or discourse delivered by a clergyman or other religious leader to a congregation. It typically includes a moral lesson, a call to action, and a prayer. Sermons are often based on a particular biblical passage or theme and are…
This beautifully designed volume presents a collection of 22 sermons, delivered by Christian Reformed Church Pastor Herm Van Niejenhuis during his 37-year-career serving congregations in Lethbridge (Alberta), Kingston (Ontario), Saskatoon (Saskatchewan), Willowdale (Ontario), and Sioux Centre (Iowa). Who would dare to publish and expect to sell a collection of sermons in 2022, you might ask? The…
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