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PIE Day“I wonder how we might do it on our sleeves?” If you attended church at Faith on Sunday (in-person, livestreamed, or tuning in later) you heard me talk at Kids Time about this Thursday (tomorrow) being National Affirming /…
El Salvador“A rich and spirit-filled experience.” Back in 2018, my wife Cynthia and I had the sincere privilege of being part of that year’s mission awareness trip to El Salvador. The trip is organized through the East Central Ontario Regional…
Yr B ~ Lent 3 ~ Ecclesiastes 11:1-10 The book of Ecclesiastes, if it’s thought of at all, tends to get a really bad rap. It seems depressing, dreary, and gloomy. It’s the Eeyore of the bible! The problem is…
Sweaty Evangelism“Oh, it wasn’t for church…” Last weekend we visited our son in Ottawa to celebrate his 30th birthday. It was a great weekend featuring an art gallery, skating at city hall, and a couple of lovely dinners out. Our…
Lent 2 ~ Proverbs 1:1-7 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. [3:5]Train up a child in the way they should go: and when they are old, they will not depart from…
Syrup to Ashes“You are marked in love.” What a joy it was to have to scramble to set up additional tables to accommodate the diners who arrived to partake in our annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper last night. As always,…
Lent 1 ~ Psalm 19 Our Lenten journey this year will be a little different. We’re going to be exploring the theme of ‘wonder’ instead of the usual themes of Lent. Oh, we’ll mix in some good, thoughtful, introspective stuff,…
Yr B ~ Transfiguration ~ Mark 9:2-9 Have you ever had a mountaintop experience? I mean, other than every Sunday during sermon time (lol). You know, one of those rarified moments when it feels like time stands still, and the…
Essentials“Something is more important than music!” This coming Sunday February 11th we’ll be having another ‘all praise and worship music’ service. We had one back in November, and we’ll have a couple more before June. If I had my druthers…
Epiphany 4 – 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 “If I had my druthers, I’d druther have my druthers, than anything else I know.”That bit of wisdom is from the classic musical L’il Abner. Hold onto that as we dive into today’s message.…