The Spiritual Rhythm of Fasting and Prayer… Rhythms. The word suggests planned and anticipated events taking place at regular intervals in our lives. It suggest a tempo by which we…
The Spiritual Rhythm of Sabbath Rest… I began writing this at Calgary airport while waiting for my flight at the end of a busy and packed week. I met with…
It’s Spring. At least I think it is. It seemed like Spring back in early February and then two weeks ago we had icy winter weather with snow and subzero…
FAITH UNDER FIRE | FAITH ON FIRE Faith. It is the very heartbeat of the Christian life. Without faith in God, without faith in a saviour, without faith in a…
Esther. The fear and anxiety must have crowded in on her in those anxious moments, suffocating and terrifying. The king had summoned her! She was a woman, a slave with…
Imagine Moses confronting Pharaoh with God’s command, “Let my people go!” Imagine David staring down the giant, Goliath, or Deborah leading God’s people against the Canaanite army with nothing but…
Advent, the anticipation of ‘Peace’ in a world without peace, and so we light the fourth candle of Advent, the candle of PEACE. As I reflect on the last couple…
Advent reminds us of God’s powerful actions in the past and creates a sense of anticipation for what He is going to do in the future! The third candle of…
Advent provides a wonderful reminder of the enduring love of God and, even more so, the nature of God who is the very essence of Love! In 1984 the pop…
ADVENT MEANS ‘HOPE’… ‘Advent’ is the period before the arrival of a significant person or a significant event. It is meant to create a sense of ‘anticipation’. Something significant is…
