The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low; he also exalts.- 1 Samuel 2:7 I love the season of lent because it is full of contradictions. We are journeying towards the Passion of Christ – his...
When COVID happened and all our meetings went virtual, many of us got to see what we look like when we talked. We were unfamiliar with our facial expressions and the different message it was conveying...
“Who despises the day of small things” (Zechariah 4:10) Last December 2022, my wife Sharon and I attended dinner at her parents for our birthdays. This had been a tradition for years. We arrived...
Dylan Roof wanted to start a war. On June 17, 2015, Roof felt his white race was losing the battle in maintaining white Southerner’s way of life where black people knew their place. He had to find a...
"Now, for good friends to cheer us, for seasonal weather to envelop us, for good work to engage us, we give You thanks." - An Evening Prayer Neal Plantinga Cholera outbreak in Malawi In this last year...
For me, it begins by accepting the gospel and reconciling with God through Jesus. It is repenting my sins and daily following Jesus by living according to his teachings. Reconciliation also means...
When I arrived in Kigali, Rwanda in October 2022, it was in the dark of night after a seventeen hour flight from Grand Rapids with stops in Detroit and Amsterdam. Takia, a small framed young Tutsi...
If you had to pick 5 words that expressed who you are- your identity- what would they be? You may choose words like “woman”, “teacher” or “introvert” but what else? What about the honest, raw words...
We welcome Dr. Kenny Wallace to the show. Kenny is an African American Choctaw Pawnee from the United States living in Canada. He teaches nationally and internationally about multi-ethnic worship with...
My name is Bryan Mwaka and I work on the Community Engagement Team in Edmonton. My story in Canada starts on January 24th, 2020, the day I arrived at Pearson International Airport in Toronto. It was...
My name is Jisoo Vis, and I am a Korean Canadian wife, mom and lawyer living in Vancouver, British Columbia. I am a third culture kid, having been raised in Mainland China (as a missionary’s kid) and...
I once walked out of my church right in the middle of the service. I was with my daughter and I can tell she was embarrassed but followed me out anyways. If you know me, I don’t like to interrupt or...
