“This year, our church is putting together 65 Christmas hampers – last year we did 45! We are so grateful for our generous congregation!” The members of the congregation around me started clapping...
“With that we face the shocking reality. Jesus stands at the door and knocks. He asks for help in the form of a beggar, a down-and-out, a man in ragged clothes, someone who is sick, even a criminal in...
I have experienced a deeper level of moral degeneration worldwide. I believe that further in the past people had values and principles that esteemed the other more than self. This included respect for...
“Someone is a Canadian if a slap on the back of the head causes them to turn around and apologize”—so goes the saying about Canadians and their polite and apologetic character. I tend to like this...
The words of the wise prod us to live well. They're like nails hammered home, holding life together. They are given by God, the one Shepherd. - Ecclesiastes 12:11 MSG Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah...
Adrian Jacobs and Cindy Stover join us in this episode to explore Hearts Exchanged, an eight-month learning journey fostering reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities. Discover...
Last year, I gave a talk to a group of churches in Black Mountain, NC, a beautiful small town in the Blue Ridge Mountains, right outside of Asheville. I shared with them that their region is generally...
I sang in the junior church choir, I wore a white shirt and black slacks as the official uniform at Unity Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church. If my mother did not secure a ride from a church deacon...
Winter is quickly approaching my neck of the woods: leaves have fallen from the trees, displaying barren branches and trunks beautifully poised like dancers frozen in time. A continuous sense of...
Recently, I shared about my experience of lack and abundance in two countries. This week, let’s look at a tale of two cities. My husband and I share our time between Canada and Zambia, where he...
He will stand tall in his shepherd-rule by God’s strength, centered in the majesty of God-Revealed. And the people will have a good and safe home, for the whole world will hold him in respect—...
In this episode Lindsay Wieland Capel, the Disability Consultant for Thrive, an agency of the CRCNA, joins us to explore the transformative work of accessible church ministry. We delve into the...
