A parenting degree doesn’t exist. Nothing can prepare you. As social scientist William Doherty says, parenting is “a high-cost/high-reward activity.” There’s nothing like those wonderful giggles. […]
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 […]
“Wondering whether to celebrate the Eucharist ad orientem during Advent.”
Facebook reveals strange worries in the hearts of ministers, but this one caught my eye. There’s a poetic loveliness to this idea that you don’t always see in the logistics of worship planning.
Over the last month or so, two people, in different parts of Canada have told me they miss my blog. I regret my long silence. […]
My home church is called Westminster. And I want to briefly share 6 things I love about it. Yes, I’m the pastor, but I’m also in the […]
“It’s not so much that people don’t mind change, they just want to keep on doing what they’re doing as well. And by the time they’re finished doing what they’ve been doing, they’re out of time, money and energy to do anything new.”
I once thought my destiny was to be an NHL-er. I did pretty well for a while. But I was no Sydney Crosby. I “failed” […]
New year, new you? Or maybe just a new-and-improved-you? Your soul feels like a tape deck and you want to be an iPod. I think […]
I waited a year for this book. I really enjoyed the first two in the series. This one, meh. I have no desire to even […]
Questions are more important than answers. At least, the right ones are. Why? Because the quality of your questions regulates the range of your answers. When you say, […]
“Bucket lists” are popular these days. Movies and books propose lists of things to do before you “kick the bucket” (hence “bucket list”)—a kind of grocery shopping list for the soul before you walk up to the Grande Amen check-out line.
The word “conversion” means change, transformation, crossing over from point A to point B. Each conversion means something new. Point A to B. Then B […]
Shhh. Politics. It’s not a big pulpit-topic these days. Why not? Especially in light of newly minted Justin Trudeau, Stephen Harper, the various travels of Barack […]
As I’ve told you, it looks like my time of regular supply is coming to an end and I was doing well with this information […]
I’m not really talking about that decision to finish the box of donuts yourself or to buy those $300 sunglasses. Well, maybe! I’m thinking more […]
I believe that God has a plan for our lives. Think of it as Plan A. But many of us have our own Plan A. […]
I’ve been experimenting with bread making this week. It’s not as exciting as you think. My husband went into our back room and dug out […]
It was a high school party on December 31st. At 11:55 p.m. a friend I played hockey with said his resolution was to quit smoking. […]
This is about the time of year that I get totally sick and tired of winter – even the relatively nice winter we’ve had this […]
“…and Peter said to them, ‘You yourselves know that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile; but God has […]