Christian joy is not just a giddy, light-hearted, frothy emotion. No, it’s meatier than that, it has substance. Joy is a bedrock we can build upon. It has endurance; it is strong enough to gird us up through even the darkest of days. Nehemiah 8:10 -“Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is […]
A Call to Love with a Love That Risks All
I feel an urgency to call my brothers and sisters in Christ to a place of love. I am not speaking of a kumbayah sort of love where we all hold each other’s sticky hands around a campfire after roasting marshmallows, wishing each other well as we bask in sugar-induced carb comas. I am talking […]
Warring From a Position of Peace – Psalm 42
Today’s blog is a reflection on Psalm 42. You can find it in my book, “Dare to Call Him Friend.” published in 2015. As I write this introduction in October 2020, I am challenged by the words I wrote years ago. I realise that this morning, I started off my day without the essentials needed […]
A prayer by an Anonymous Abbess
This prayer written by an Anonymous Abbess is such a timely reminder in such troubling times. Keep humble, keep loving, keep pouring out grace, keep thankfulness for the grace others extend to you at the forefront of your day. Leadership is never easy, even if the only person we lead is ourselves. —— Lord, thou […]
What Did a Poor Turkey Ever Do to You?
Happy Thanksgiving Canadian style! Canadian Thanksgiving Day has different roots than American Thanksgiving Day, but the two things our days share are family and food. Lots of food. Turkey is the protein of choice in most homes. I used to have a love-hate relationship with Thanksgiving if the truth were to be told. I loved […]
Are You a Hoarder and Don’t Realise It?
When I wrote the following devotional several years ago, 2020 – the year of global hoarding – wasn’t on my radar. I had no idea that frightened people would stampede supermarkets to stockpile on toilet paper, baby wipes, and yeast. In March 2020, members of the not-so-secret society of “The First Order of the Closet […]
God’s Gifts are Gifts, Not Loaners He Expects Back
When someone gives you something, it now belongs to you. Be grateful for it, but take ownership of it. A gift given is a permanent transaction. It is no longer in their possession, it is in yours. I love to give; it’s my love language to be able to give to others. It dismays me […]
9/11 – A 2020 Perspective. Have we forgotten what Fuels Evil?
Remember: We promised on 9/11/01 that we would NEVER forget. The horror of those lives lost will stay in our minds forever, but how quickly we forget the purpose of that evil act was to silence freedom of speech (Don’t say anything against Mohammed), and freedom of religion (if it was not their religion of […]
Come to Him All You Who Labour
Today is Labour Day in North America, and outside of writing this blog, this is the last free weekday I will have for a while. I begin full-time Ministry School via the internet tomorrow. It’s a bit daunting, but I think God and I are up to the challenge. I appreciate your prayers though. I […]