"My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken." (Ps 62:1-2 NIV)Last Thursday, January 20th, 2012, near the end of my workday, the weather turned deadly. Snow began pouring...
"What is impossible with men is possible with God." (Luke 18:27 NIV)Circumstances can turn sour, leaving us haggard and confused.My son's phone call last Sunday left me feeling this way. A mixed up had occurred with the transfer of RESP funds for paying his second...
Summer 2011/2012 in the Southern hemisphere was greeted by heavy flooding in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Some areas received 390mm of rain, more than what they received in any given month, in just 48 hours. The rain persisted as if it had no end. It flooded State...
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful." (John 15:1-2 NIV)My wife and I celebrated our last anniversary in a...
"Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from...
"A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother." (Proverbs 10:1 NIV)Back in the 1990s, John Gray wrote a popular book on relationship entitled "Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus". When I look at my teenagers, I have to ask myself if...
I had an unusual experience last Sunday. During an altar call where we, as a congregation, brought our prayer petitions to the altar, I suddenly began to feel a surge of fear rising within me. I had left my Bible behind on the pew, with all of my notes for potential...