BEYOND DECEMBER 25
“What’s on your mind?” asks Facebook. Well, other than shopping, baking, wrapping, etc., it’s a favorite scripture verse from Isaiah 9 which seems all too …
SOMETIME AFTER MIDNIGHT
The disciples must have been beyond exhaustion. After helping Jesus feed thousands with a miraculous picnic on the shores of Galilee, they set out in …
LIFT YOUR FEET
On this day of pervasive rain, my memory bank gifts me with a dazzling blue summer day in North Vancouver, at the top Grouse Mountain. …
IN THE HOSPITAL ELEVATOR
She looked the part of an addict. Gaunt and pale, her clothes hanging loosely on her concave frame, her face set in lines of despair. …
FIRE IN THE FIRE
We’ve all felt them. The Apostle Peter warned us about them a long time ago. Fiery trials. Paul describes them as the fiery darts of …
DUST SHALL SING
What is it about music that moves us? Why is it that a song has the power to call forth our emotions, to elicit such …
COME TOGETHER
Our nation is reeling in shock from the culture wars, chaos in our streets, breakdown of our Judeo-Christian foundations. How should the church react? To …
THOSE INTREPID PILGRIMS! (PART 1)
Just a week away from Thanksgiving, my mind goes back over 400 years in time to remember those who started it all. This little band …
THE SOUND OF SILENCE
Some of you may remember this old hit from the ‘70’s sung by Chad and Jeremy. A group by the name of “Delirious” did a …