Scripture Reading Luke 13:10-17 Reflection I love the idea of Sabbath. It’s one of those Biblical laws that makes such good pragmatic sense. Take a day off, you need to rest. It’s a law that’s so important that it even made the top ten list – it’s number 4, right after not taking God’s name … Read more
Luke 12: 32-40 Reflection: “Are we there yet?” “Are we there yet?” Have you ever been on a road trip and heard this refrain from the back seat? I myself had said it many many times as we’ve driven home along the #1 from Calgary – “Are we there yet? Please?” Sure, getting there is … Read more
Luke 8:26-39 Reflection We don’t often talk about demons. It used to be thought that there were two world, there was the earthly realm and the spirit realm. It was almost as if we were in a fish tank but surrounding us was a mysterious, sometime frightening unknown where God and the angels dwelled as … Read more
Luke 7:36-8:3 Reflection Sometimes, when reading the Bible, you’d be justified in thinking that it was all men, all the time, taking, teaching, going to war, and getting into trouble while the women were absent. In some ways, this might have been true – women were expected to stay, for the most part in their … Read more
Scripture Readings: Ruth 1:1-8, 16-17 Reflection No one liked a Moabite. Moabite? Yuck! Terrible people. Unfortunately, you couldn’t banish Moabites from your land but that didn’t mean that you had to let them worship with you – they were an unholy people born of an unholy union. Way back in Genesis, Lot had two daughters … Read more
Scripture Readings Genesis 11:1-9 Acts 2:1-21 Reflection Oddly enough, I used to like going to the doctor’s office as a child. No, it wasn’t because of the needles or terrible tasting medicine. It was because of all the books in the waiting room. My favourite was the illustrated Bible stories. There was the picture of … Read more
Scripture Readings John 20:19–31 Jesus appears within closed doors and the disciples fear. Reflection Have you ever had your home broken into? It’s happened to me three times, twice in Vancouver and once, shortly after moving to Moose Jaw. The first 2 times, I had all my C.D. stolen – they were worth something … Read more
Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Reflection If I could tell you the exact date of your death, would you want me to tell you? If you did know, what would that change? If you knew that you only had a few days, what would you want to accomplish while you still have time? What messages would you … Read more
Matthew 2: 1-12 Reflection If you ask a child what their favourite thing about this time of year is, more often than not you’ll be told, “Opening presents under the tree”. Really, who can blame them? I’m approaching the early-mid-forties and I still get excited to find what those gift wrapped packages hold for me. … Read more
Luke 3:7-18 Reflection Here we are, less than 2 weeks away from the celebrations of Christmas and worshiping on the Sunday of Joy. The sun is shining, birds are singing and flowers are blooming – well, somewhere these things are happening. Actually, Joy Sunday was put into the Advent season as a bit of a … Read more
