John 12:46 – I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness. (NKJV)Throughout my ministry, Christmas Eve was always a high point of the year, and some years, I put a lot of effort into developing a themed script,...
In August, our family spent a week on the coast of Oregon, U.S.A. Each day, we observed the power of the waves coming in off the open Pacific Ocean, and each night, we camped within the sound of their roaring. As I played with the children on the sandy beaches, being...
At the end of August, we were visiting family at a lake house they had rented in Connecticut, USA, when Hurricane Irene struck. We "evacuated" to their home in New York State, and watched the television in horror at the flooding, power outages, and devastation...
1 John 4:19 - We love because he first loved us. (NIV)2 Corinthians 9:15 - Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift! (NIV)Several years ago, during the opening of Christmas presents at our house, my son and his wife had bought a very special toy for their son, and...
Matthew 16:24 - Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me." (NIV)In my neighbourhood, I deliver a free community newspaper twice a week. I do it mainly for the exercise, but it's nice to...
Romans 7:22-25 - For in my inner being I delight in God's law; but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. What a wretched man I am! Who will...
Himalaya blackberries are noxious weeds that thrive in untended hedgerows in the coastal area of British Columbia, Canada. Last year, I cut one woody cane out of the neighbour's hedge next to our church parking lot, knowing that if I didn't keep after it, it would...