Coffee Conundrum
My church is going to be switching to fair trade coffee. I mentioned it to the appropriate people several months ago, and the wheels are […]
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Call and Encouragement
A sermon preached at the memorial service for the Rev. Dr. Ian Victor, held at the Presbyterian College. Based on Jeremiah 1:1-10. ______________ God says […]
Creating Guidelines For Technology & Social Media (Before They Start To Sink You)
There is more technology in your smart phone than there was in the first Apollo spacecraft that went to the moon. I read that somewhere. […]
The beach in winter
We spent yesterday afternoon on the beach. A friend had gone away for the weekend and left her car with us, so we were looking […]
Naked
No, this is not one of those stories about an awful dream you had about shopping at your local grocery store in your all together. This is a story about story-tellers.
Secrets and Lies
“It’s like God has been looking out for me,” she wrote. “I don’t know why God does this.”
A lesson for the church from Target
Target announced yesterday that it is pulling out of Canada, closing the 133 stores that it has opened here over the past few years. The […]
Surrounded by Stuff
I have a confession to make: You know how my last column mentioned something about if you have two coats, one of them belongs to […]
Beat Back the Blues of January with Joy (Here Comes “Blue Monday”)
A British psychologist says this coming Monday will be the saddest day of the year. I’ve heard it called “Blue Monday”–The third Monday in January. […]
christ the king – politics and palliative care
A sermon from the end of the last liturgical year. This morning we come to the end of the church year. Over the past twelve […]
Beauty from Afar
The gift box sat under the Christmas tree. I knew it was an amaryllis but there was a memory attached that just would not surface. […]
Blizzard Speak
Psalm 19 beautifully reminds us of how God speaks to us all daily and nightly through His creation, in the heavens and the firmament. And […]
Turning Off the Lights
Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from […]
Fear Not
Although I have no fear of public speaking, I have a dreadful fear of winter’s icy roads. Northern Alberta was probably not the best choice of residence and yet I have been here since 1961.
A calendar change
Happy new year! I have a habit – a tradition, of sorts – that I undertake every time I change a calendar. I did it […]
My Dream for The PCC in 2015
I have a dream for this Presbyterian Church of ours. We’re engaging in conversation around what full inclusion looks like for persons from the LGBTQ […]
Creating Community
As Christians and regular church-goers, we know how much need there is in this broken world of
ours. We’re used to writing cheques and collecting canned goods. But does the Christian life demand more?
Reflections on Old Wood and Rotten Fish
This submission by Mark Carter is a great meditation for a New Year. Old buildings are full of mystery to me. First Presbyterian Church in […]
5 Golden Chunks of Wisdom I Sifted in 2014 (from parenting, to losing a parent, to pastoring a church in a changing age)
It’s a rear-view mirror kind of week. The Christmas tree is about to go, and the New Year’s fireworks are on the verge. It makes […]