Matthew 5:16 “Make your light shine, so others will see the good you do and will praise your Father in heaven.” Growing up, I was always surrounded by impressive Christians. These persons had such great faith and sense of purpose and I wanted to be like them. I wanted to be able to preach with […]

Coexist –Luke 4:14-19 Jesus returned to Galilee powerful in the Spirit. News that he was back spread through the countryside. He taught in their meeting places to everyone’s acclaim and pleasure. He came to Nazareth where he had been reared. As he always did on the Sabbath, he went to the meeting place. When he […]

What, to the Christian, is Forgiveness? or The Place of Forgiveness in Freedom “And Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.” (Luke 23:24) This July, the United State of America, along with 23 other nation states, celebrate their country’s independence. The […]

When I was 16 I decided, along with one of my friends, to spend a day fasting and praying. After dinner on Friday night, we both started. Saturday morning, we borrowed the keys to our church building, stocked up on all our favourite worship cds and barricaded ourselves in so we wouldn’t be distracted by […]

Recently I was assigned to read “Practicing the Presence of God” once again.  When the author writes Brother Lawrence (let’s call him Larry) to tell him of a friend who loses a close friend to death, Larry tells him to advise his friend to use these moments to his advantage.  “What a great opportunity to […]