Courageous leadership: faith over fear
Leadership often brings us into moments where we are asked to move forward without having everything figured out. We are invited to make decisions that
Pray for GA 2026 – Week of June 1
Let us pray in full acknowledgement of our fallen nature. “Let us pray in full acknowledgement of our fallen nature: “Lord Jesus, Son of God, have mercy on this broken…
From Fearful Retreat to Faithful Witness
The text of the powerful, timely sermon on the work of the Holy Spirit delivered to the General Assembly of The Presbyterian Church in Canada, Monday, June 2, 2025, in…
Everyone loves a good witness
In a world where people create their own versions of truth, many of us grow weary. Praise God for raising up new believers who are drawn to the light.
Bavinck in Brief: God, Simply
God’s revelation of His perfect self provides a foundation for our knowledge about the Divine. Third of a series: (1) “Bavinck in Brief: Method as Model“, (2) “Bavinck in Brief:…
Standing on the rock
The other day I was leafing through the alumni magazine from the University of Waterloo. The theme of this issue is “happiness” – specifically exploring the things “that are helping…
Sunday Baseball: the thief on the cross makes it home
The boys of summer can remind the church of what’s missing.
Candle lighting and candlelight
Advent liturgy and worship in an age of brevity It was Christmas Eve and the service was going much quicker than expected. During preparation, I timed it at approximately 60…
Dialogue, pluralism and discipleship
A challenge to repositioning the church in a post-Christendom age.
The Art of Healthy Dust-Shaking (2)
Shalom may stick or ricochet back – keep an attitude of peace no matter what.
Steel Your Nerve
Faintheartedness is not good. So how can we avoid it? Further, how do we cultivate its opposite, courage?
Way, Truth and Life
The hand-out invitation for a class now essential in any church: If you know nothing, or maybe a little, or are full of questions about the Christian faith and are…
Advent-ures in social media
We are to make room in our hearts for the Divine; why is it so difficult to make room for each other?
Quebec: an unholy mess of secularism and regulation
Tighter controls, no mercy and a moratorium mean hundreds of congregations are without a home. Mountainside United Church and St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, both in Westmount QC, recently sold and…