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…
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…
The Crucifixion of Ideology
Amidst racial strife and cultural division, “look to the cross” is the most political statement I can make.
Keeping it Odd
The delightful oddness of Christian theology is doped down when we get anxious about providing answers.
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…
Bavinck in Brief: A Presbyterian Lifestyle
Sin’s consequences are powerful, but human will can be trained and reinforced.
Systems and Systematics
In this increasingly fractious world, the need to be grounded on systematic theology is greater than ever.
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:…
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…
Steel Your Nerve
Faintheartedness is not good. So how can we avoid it? Further, how do we cultivate its opposite, courage?
Structure for mission and intentional innovation
Churchgoers love routine. Parishioners gather at St. Paul Lutheran in Grafton, Wisconsin in this undated feature photo. (Wikimedia Commons) A church-planting mindset includes risks and discipling leaders to grow and…
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…
Living in King Herod’s world today
Just as shock and grief from the senseless murders in Tumbler Ridge were fading from the national consciousness, Canadians were jarred by another disturbing revelation.
Creative licence caution
There are many excellent television shows online these days that have a solid biblical foundation. What could go wrong by watching them? … Read more