Black Friday

25 November 2016jeffloach

It’s one of the most enigmatic days of the year. Yesterday, our neighbours to the south spent the day giving thanks for what they had. […]

Peace and unity

11 November 2016jeffloach

On Remembrance Day, we pause to remember and give thanks for those who have fought for our freedom – a freedom demonstrated earlier this week […]

God’s got this

4 November 2016jeffloach

Fashion comes and goes, but for the devoted follower of Jesus, there is one outfit that is always in style. Read what the apostle Paul […]

It will rub off

28 October 2016jeffloach

A show on television that I enjoy watching is “Canada’s Worst Driver”. Frankly, in my books, anything Andrew Younghusband touches turns to gold, because he […]

God’s not finished with us yet

21 October 2016jeffloach

I was at a family ministry conference last weekend, and among the many things I learned was a song – a song easily taught to […]

Hope

14 October 2016jeffloach

Hope. It’s one word that nearly everybody can identify with. For many people, it’s what fuels their lives. Hope is what makes people put one […]

Sufficient Evidence

7 October 2016jeffloach

There’s a lot of excitement among Toronto sports fans these days. By the miracles of good playing and better mathematics, the Blue Jays secured a […]

Jesus is in the house!

30 September 2016jeffloach

There are many churches in Canada that are in decline. That’s not news. In my own denomination, congregations are closing at a rate never before […]

Changing seasons

23 September 2016jeffloach

Yesterday marked the change of seasons in Canada. While the calendar said it was autumn, the weather certainly didn’t indicate any such change! But today […]

Anonymous comments don’t edify

16 September 2016jeffloach

You’ve heard me say it before: nobody gets too much encouragement. That’s axiomatic. Yet one of the most common ways to discourage a leader is […]

Language check

9 September 2016jeffloach

While my wife and I were camping at Bonnechere Provincial Park last month (after our visit to Fort-Coulonge, noted in last week’s Encouragement), we sat […]

Hospitality alive!

2 September 2016jeffloach

What could possibly be held in common by a former student, someone I worked with at a denominational formation event, the CBC television show Still […]

What are you doing here?

12 August 2016jeffloach

“What are you doing here?” That’s the question the Lord asked Elijah in 1 Kings 19 – twice: in verses 9 and 13. The prophet […]

Pay it forward

5 August 2016jeffloach

I’m not a big fan of drive-thrus, since, unless one drives a hybrid or an electric vehicle, they tend to be bad for the environment […]

Beyond despondency and despair

29 July 2016jeffloach

It seems we learn every day of another tragedy taking place in the world. That, combined with the state of morality, and the debacle that […]

Why we do camp

15 July 2016jeffloach

This week, St. Paul’s, Nobleton has been holding its annual Vacation Bible Camp. Each year, it is our privilege, and that of many other congregations, to welcome […]

It’s also about us

8 July 2016jeffloach

Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972) was a Jewish Rabbi whose writing was and remains immensely popular. Last week, I learned a paraphrase of something he said […]