Part of Something Bigger

by | Jan 29, 2018 | Faith, Inspiration, News

One of the passions of youth – when they surface from their phones or tablets – is that they want to put their energy into something world changing, meaningful, significant, bigger than they are. Actually, most of us are familiar with that feeling. Missionsfest 2018...

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...