[Guest contribution]. We were sitting under a tree, sheltered from the hot Zimbabwean sun. Eight beautiful African women and I were having a conversation about life in Canada. The sadza and vegetables simmered on the fire as we waited for 125 hungry orphans to make their way to the Hands at Work feeding point. Most [...]
This Sunday is Father’s Day. I hope you are able to celebrate your father in an appropriate way. I sent my dad a Tim Horton’s gift card because that is where he likes to hang out in his retirement years. But the important thing is that I let him know how grateful I am for [...]
I like to read in different places. Reading a book while waiting in an airport or while sitting in a coffee shop is invigorating for me. Perhaps it is the surprising connection that can happen between the words on the page and the places I find myself in. I have some memorable moments doing this, [...]
One of my favourite movies in recent years is the Jack Nicholson film, What About Schmidt? a subtly comedic but incredibly touching story. Recently retired and widowed, Schmidt faces an unknown future. Full of years, expected to have his stuff together, he is awkward in almost all his social relationships. Schmidt is simply unable to [...]
My wife Susan has an eye for selecting the absolute best thing off the menu. It seems that every time we eat out she finds the thing that is not only healthier than what I order, but tastier and more visually appealing. When our meals arrive at the table, I inevitably glance at my plate [...]
I do the quieter part of my work out of a small basement office stuffed with books and papers. It is my hideaway, the place where I think and read, write and engage God. What happens, however, is that this little office tends to collect a lot of stuff – books and papers pile up. [...]
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This spring at Westside King’s Church we have set off to explore the richest expression of life there can be: the life we find with Jesus in the company of others. We are pushing ourselves towards a communally-focused, Jesus-based life. We fully realize the challenge of this, especially as we live in what we have [...]
One of the best things mothers do for us is remember our lives. I am not sure why it is that dads do this less well, but moms tend to be the keepers of our stories. They preserve the pictures, the memorabilia, and all of that little stuff that grows more valuable with time. And [...]
Some history. The city of Philippi was founded approximately 200 years before the common era by the King of Macedon. His name was King Philip II so the name seemed appropriate. Later in 167 BCE the city is conquered by Rome. At the time it wasn’t a particularly large or important city and it remained [...]
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