“The password is incorrect.  Try again.”

Many of us have seen this message or a similar one as we have incorrectly entered a password for access to a computer or perhaps a site on the internet. 

A young man comes to Jesus thinking he has the correct ‘password’ for living a life that pleases God. He is a...

The calendar year has changed.  It is day four of 2021.  How do you find yourself entering this new year?  Do you enter with hopeful anticipation or fearful apprehension?  Do you enter with vigour, ready to embrace all that comes your way, or with a sense of apathy, captured by a lack of enthusiasm? Or perhaps you feel...

Why Christmas? Why is so much attention given to Christmas?

The word attention has various meanings.  The one I rest upon is “to  watch ,  listen  to, or  think  about something or someone  carefully  or with  interest .” December 25, has captured the interest of much of the world. Imagine...

Why Christmas? Why is so much attention given to Christmas?

The word attention has various meanings.  The one I rest upon is “to  watch ,  listen  to, or  think  about something or someone  carefully  or with  interest .” December 25, has captured the interest of much of the world. Imagine...

Question: What is your favourite Christmas Carol, and have you actually been able to sing it this Christmas season?

It’s probably true for most of us: there are MANY carols we love to sing at this time of the year. But again, this year has been very different—like no other…

My favourite is “In the Bleak...

Question: What is your favourite Christmas Carol, and have you actually been able to sing it this Christmas season?

It’s probably true for most of us: there are MANY carols we love to sing at this time of the year. But again, this year has been very different—like no other…

My favourite is “In the Bleak...

“Chestnuts roasting on an open fire.” This is not something I have done before.  I have walked by chestnuts in the grocery star and sung about them, but I have never known the experience of roasting, or tasting one.

Much of life, during these days, is filled with ‘not something I have done before.’ On a much grander...

Welcoming people into our home has always been part of our Christmas story.  Last night we chatted about a few hors d’oeuvres we might like to prepare and enjoy, as a family, over the holidays. It once again struck me that Christmas 2020 will not carry similar stories, in our lives, as written over the years. We will not welcome...

“First doses of COVID19 vaccine shipments arrive in Canada.”  This news was easily covered by many reporters yesterday.

I thought about the arrival of the vaccine, to our country of Canada, and a few thoughts drifted through my mind.  The first is that the vaccine will not be arriving in all countries at the same pace that...

The young mother pushed the stroller up the slight incline.  We exchanged smiles and I glanced back to see what bundle of joy was being pushed.  Wrapped tightly, in some sort of winter wrap, was a tiny bundle; a new addition to our world.

Naturally, because it is the Christmas season, my mind turned to Mary, the mother of Jesus. ...