Do You Pray? If so, you might be neglecting this one key thing
Many of you tell me, “I want to work on my prayer life.” And some of you have made this a part of your personal-growth-agenda […]
Many of you tell me, “I want to work on my prayer life.” And some of you have made this a part of your personal-growth-agenda […]
Easter is coming up, but long before there were bunnies and chocolate eggs, there was a miraculous, glorious day when the Creator of the Universe […]
I tuck the freshly washed mattress cover under the mattress and start to laugh. The burnt spot on one side is still there. No, not […]
We are an Easter people. We need to show our children that Easter is important to adults. This is the biggest story of our year. If nothing else, we want kids to catch a glimpse of that. Easter matters to us. The Easter story is the joyful centre of who we are.
Reading the recent post by my colleague Carol Thiessen, where she shared the words of farmers around the world struggling to cope with climate change, […]
Yesterday, I had a three-hour conversation with a colleague whom I deeply respect and genuinely like. Our conversation went ‘around the world’ in one sense, […]
Last year I blogged about this very thing. So here it is again with a few tweaks: How do we teach our children about the […]
One of my favourite quotes lately is from CS Lewis, the author of the Narnia Chronicles. He said, “God whispers to us in our […]
Invariably the sermon on Sunday gives me a bit of a problem. It is always a great sermon but I do struggle with some of […]
Every Lent feels different. Perhaps it is the practises we take on or readings from a different book. The patterns of lunchtime services or quiet […]
Most readers of Encouragement From The Word are involved in a local church, so I probably don’t need to sell you on the importance of […]
Don’t sweat it. They’re not your judge. “Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever follows crooked ways will be exposed.” (Proverbs 10:9) Victory is tied […]
I’ve been doing a lot of reading on parenting these days. Makes sense—not only do I care about families, but I’m a dad to 3 […]
I read a quotation on Twitter last week that I found really thought-provoking. I don’t know who said it, but it has been kicking my […]
Would you like that super-sized? It’s a time of anxiety for a lot of churches, especially as we educate ourselves in what Montreal philosophy professor […]
Some days, the gospel seems clear, but it’s hard to talk about. Usually when reading the story of Lazarus, I find myself thinking about the sisters […]
Pictured: Rael Marona addressing the community in Kajiado during the 2012 Food Study Tour in Kenya Sad. Worried. Those were a few of my emotions as […]
Most of us have experienced that disgust we feel when we open the washing machine and realize we have left a tissue in a pocket […]
If you want to infuriate an atheist, here’s a quick and easy solution: offer the opinion that atheists can’t be morally good. Even more, if […]
by Bruce Wilcox When Jesus was on this earth as a man, He was known as a friend of sinners. He made contact with people where […]