Over the past couple weeks, I have been telling the stories of a "memorable" vacation that I went on with my parents when I was about 17 years-old. Ever in love with anything American, my father took us across the Atlantic to visit the Big Apple: New York City!I truly...
"For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?" (Mark 8:36 ESV)Years ago, we had a tradition of enjoying a good roast beef dinner after worship on Sunday. To minimize Sunday work, the vegetables would be prepared on Saturday evening. The...
"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another." (John 13:34 ESV) "Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought to love one another." (1 John 4:11 ESV) While listening to music last night I heard Love...
You can learn a lot sitting in a parking lot. The other day I was sitting in my car with my sons reading a book while my daughter finished grocery shopping. From time to time, though, I would look up and observe what was going on outside. One of...
"Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, for His steadfast love endures forever. ... to Him who made the great lights, for His steadfast love endures forever; the sun to rule over the day, for His steadfast love endures forever; the moon and stars to rule over the...
So many of the Psalms are “feel good” in nature. We can trust in God, He is our joy, our strength, etc.Psalms 36, however, does not begin with such a message. Rather, it is a message for the wicked… But more on that later.Back in the earlier days of COVID-19, we saw...
(Written as Canada was slowly emerging from COVID lockdown...)I hugged my daughter yesterday for the first time in over three months. It was a long hug! We have always hugged whenever we say goodbye, and it has felt strange not being able to do that for all that time....