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December 25th

On a dusty road a young couple makes their way towards their destination. A long road for anyone, an estimate four days for those who hold a quick and steady pace. For this couple it was closer to eight to 10 days. This woman was pregnant; nine months pregnant. Her husband trudged alongside her with…

To Build

Denial is easier than acceptance. Negativity is easier then positivity. Dying is easier than living. It’s easier to tear down than to build up. We can say we will die for someone but refuse to live for another’s good. We can spend all of our time looking at all the hardships of life but refuse…

Faded

“…Moses’ face as he delivered the tablets was so bright that day (even though it would fade soon enough) that the people of Israel could no more look right at him than stare into the sun. How much more dazzling, then, the Government of Living Spirit? If the old way, which brings condemnation, was glorious,…

Image

“Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mind and spirit of a man.” – From East of Eden by John Steinbeck “Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the…

Camp 2010

Jasmin and I spoke at Keddelson Gospel Camp this summer. This is the first time Jasmin had preached ( she has given her testimony and has spoken but never preached a message.)We spoke to 10-12 year olds. Pre-teens.In preparing, we prayed “What would you have us speak on?”Pre-teens are in the stage before high school….

“…God gave man a nature that was ordered to a supernatural life. He created man with a soul that was made not to bring itself to perfection in its own order, but to be perfected by Him in an order infinitely beyond the reach of human powers.” – Thomas Merton “It’s a force that appears…

Connection

Note: The following is adapted from a sermon I gave in Wiston Sask on Valentine’s Day 2010. Jesus replied with a story: “A Jewish man was traveling on a trip from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he was attacked by bandits. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him up, and left him half dead beside…