A new series of sermons on “Seeing God as he really is” has been generating a lot of questions and comments. The first 3 parts in the series are in the “Sermons” file above. If you have a question or comment too, there’s a spot for comments below the list of sermons. [...]
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Another political fiasco in the news and another torrent of letters to our local newspaper. The opinions expressed were damning too, for and against, and the letters ran to two pages. How angry people get when it comes to politics. Politicians infuriate and exasperate me, too. I can’t stand their waffling [...]
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A 4-part series on TV has been tracing the almost insurmountable difficulties of a choirmaster putting a choir together out of school boys who think singing is for girls. Their school hasn’t had any singing for 30 years, and only 2 boys out of 1200 are in choirs already. The choirmaster is starting [...]
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I remember reading about a Catholic who drifted away from the church and lost interest in religion all together. But one day she was passing a Catholic cathedral, walked in when the organ was playing, and she burst into tears. It really surprised her, how intense her emotions were after [...]
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I was listening to a marriage counsellor on TV talking about 7 points all couples need to do to keep their marriage humming. It was all the usual kindergarten stuff for an old wizened, battle-scarred marriage veteran like me, but I admit one point hit me. She was rattling on about [...]
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I wondered, as I stood waiting to cross the road, what would happen instead if I kept walking. To keep walking would mean arriving at my car a few seconds earlier and different things, therefore, would happen on my journey home. Would those things be better for my life or worse? Would I be in [...]
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Imagine doing a funeral for a car load of teenagers killed in a drunken highway accident. Or for someone murdered by a member of his own family. Or for a child who died because of a wrong diagnosis by a doctor. Or for the person “everyone loved.” What would you say [...]
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I have a funeral to do today, and I always get nervous doing funerals because all eyes, if only briefly, are on me. And for what, pray tell? For a message that tries to make sense of death. There is no sense in death, though. Here’s a person who’s lived [...]
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This week has been a real guilt-trip. It all started with 100 Huntley Street and watching the amazing acts of service and giving that people are doing. One man, for instance, deserted by his mother on a street corner at age twelve, now has a worldwide ministry serving thousands upon thousands [...]
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If I kept a list of all the things people ask me to pray for, I’d have several binders full by now, and it would take me hours every day to pray for them all. But people keep loading more prayer requests on me! “Please remember us in your prayers” is [...]
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