Why does God Choose the Foolish?

by | Jan 25, 2018 | Faith, Hope, Salvation

Growing up in today’s world, where you might get a participation ribbon for showing up and a hero’s reputation for doing anything thoughtful, it isn’t hard to start feeling like you are someone special – a cut above the average. Being somewhat, half-decently good as a...

Would Anyone Notice Us If We Left?

by | Jan 24, 2018 | Church, Family, Inspiration

Have you ever had that secret fear that if you stepped away from everyone you knew that no one would really miss you? No one at work, school, family or church. Who in our neighbourhood would notice if our church stopped meeting? Do people notice us because of what we...

Have you reached that age yet?

by | Jan 23, 2018 | Children, Church, Family, Parenting

There’s something about us that likes to think we’re at an age different than we are. If we’re younger we like to feel and act older. If we’re older we like to think or act younger. Maybe that’s only me and the people around me. It takes a certain level of maturity to...

Our Big Picture Thinking

by | Jan 22, 2018 | Church, Faith, Hope, Salvation

Apologist Ravi Zacharias lays it out clearly in his book The Grand Weaver (p. 42) “What the brain is to the body, the mind is to the soul.” Zacharias notes that what we call faith is “a thing of the mind. If you do not believe that God is in control and has formed you...

He sets the lonely in families -II

by | Jan 19, 2018 | Depression, Family, Hope

Psalm 68:6 says “God sets the lonely in families.”   The Vancouver Foundation consistently claims that loneliness is one of the biggest challenges for people living in this city. Seniors isolated in their apartments, care homes or rooms are lonely; young moms...