As a lay pastor it always deeply saddens me when I see churches close the doors for good. In this area of Central Ontario the year 2016 has seen several churches close down in the area. And the ones that remain open are really struggling to keep going. What is happening? Why has there been…
The original Father’s Day goes back 116 years ago to 1910 after a lady named Sorora Smart Dodd advocated to have a day to honour dads. After her mother died her dad William Jackson Smart raised Sonora and her five siblings. Like many holidays and special days Father’s Day has gotten very commercialized, in 2015…
Have you ever been in a situation where someone has really tried to “get under your skin” (an idiom meaning “To annoy or irritate someone intensely”)? Or to “rattle you” (an idiom meaning “to make someone angry on purpose, often in order to make them seem silly)”? This was the situation Jesus faced in Luke 7:36-50 when He…
It can be healthy from time to time to take some time to reflect on one’s own life and the decisions we have made that have shaped us to be the way we are. Sometimes those decisions have put us in a good spot, and maybe sometimes the very opposite. Ageing does definitely change the…
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