How many times will our National Anthem be sung over this Canada Day weekend? From coast to coast and in international contexts where Canadians are serving many will sing will full heart our beloved “O Canada.”How many of those who sing have a relationship with God? How many of them really [...]
Entries from June 2007
June 25, 2007
Thanks Fairview!
Yesterday I finished a 3 month preaching ministry (Sunday mornings) at Fairview Baptist Church. After preaching 2 Sundays in February I was asked to give leadership from April through June. It truly was a delight– to enter into the lives of members of the congregation– to experience wonderful hospitality in many homes [...]
June 20, 2007
2 Degrees Difference
On my way into work I listened to Focus on the Family’s broadcast featuring John Trent. John’s use of an illustration provides a fascinating illustration from the world of science. He recalled an occasion when he was in an airplane seated beside an aeronautics engineer. This man who had [...]
June 18, 2007
Joy In Serving Jesus
There is joy in serving Jesus…. This gospel hymn/song is one I have not sung for some time. Not that the joy is absent but most churches aren’t using hymnals and this song won’t “cut it” for the Contemporary menu of so many.Nevertheless, there is joy in serving Jesus. There [...]
June 11, 2007
New Worship Centres!
Last summer my wife and I went with our daughters and her parents on a tour of the Toronto harbour. A passing comment made by the tour guide on our way back into port has stuck in my mind. “Look at the skyline,” he urged us. “What are the highest [...]
June 7, 2007
Happy Birthday!
Tomorrow my brother David has a birthday! What I have posted beside this blog is a birthday card given to him in 1946. When my parents moved from Thornloe they left behind in our attic a collection of old cards. (I’m the youngest son of pack rats.)Seriously, it has been [...]
June 6, 2007
A Clear Conscience
Yesterday, after a wonderful Bible study at a Seniors home where I teach each Tuesday, a dear senior, who has served God for many years, asked to see me. She explained to me a situation which had been on her conscience for 59 years. She had asked God for forgiveness and [...]
June 5, 2007
Challenging Sermon on Radio
On my way into work yesterday and today, I had the joy of listening to Dr. John MacArthur preach on the Focus on the Family broadcast. Dr. James Dobson gave a brief introduction indicating Dr. MacArthur’s background and this sermon preached on the National Day of Prayer in the U.S.A.. Check it [...]
June 1, 2007
June 1946
June 1st, 2007. Whenever June rolls around I always think of my parents. They were married in June (June 17, 1942), they moved to the Hilliard Twp farm in June, they celebrated some very special anniversaries in June. Probably my most memorable was June 1992, their 50th anniversary when as [...]
