This Sunday, the Christian Church begins celebrating the Advent Season. “Advent” refers to the “coming” of God’s Son to this earth in the form of a little baby. The Christian Church believes that on the first Christmas night, the second Person of the Trinity came out of the Godhead and became a vulnerable baby, born […]
Living the Kingdom on Earth
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Mike Tomlin is in his 12th season as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. He is currently the 5th longest-serving head coach of an NFL team. He became one of the youngest head coaches in NFL history when Pittsburgh hired him at the tender age of 34 years old. Two years later, Tomlin led […]
One of my favorite hockey players over the last 20 years has been Jarome Iginla. Even though he has been a thorn in the side of my favorite team, the Detroit Red Wings, I have admired the combination of skill and toughness that Iginla has displayed over his long and illustrious career in the National […]
In last Sunday’s service, we had the great joy of baptizing 3 people: two middle-aged women and an 8-year old boy. We practice believer’s baptism in our church as well as full immersion. A baptismal service is always full of joy and excitement at our place of worship. But it would be inaccurate to describe […]
In 1928, a very interesting case came before the courts in Massachusetts. It concerned a man who had been walking on a boat dock, when suddenly he tripped over a rope and fell into the cold, deep water of an ocean bay. He came up sputtering and yelling for help and then sank again, obviously […]
Baseball has always been a great love of mine. Ever since I was a little boy growing up in Toronto, I have been a Detroit Tigers fan. The Toronto Blue Jays were not even in existence at the time. It was one of those ironies of life that our family ended up moving in the […]
Even though my favorite team, the Detroit Red Wings, didn’t even make the Stanley Cup Playoffs, I thoroughly enjoyed watching the playoffs this year. The Cinderella story of the first-year Las Vegas Golden Knights making it all the way to the Finals was a great achievement. Many of the games were close and exciting, right […]
On March 16, 2018 Coach Tony Bennett and his University of Virginia men’s basketball team made history by losing to the University of Maryland- Baltimore County. They became the 1st #1 seed team to ever lose to a #16 seed team in The NCAA Basketball Tournament. The potential for embarrassment and criticism could not have […]
The reigning American League MVP is also the shortest player in the Major Leagues: 5-foot 6-inch Jose Altuve, who plays for the Houston Astros. He was one of the team leaders who was instrumental in helping Houston to their first World Series Championship in franchise history last year. Mighty Mite Before God and Man He […]
On the western side of the Mediterranean Sea is the Strait of Gibraltar, which opens up into the expansive Atlantic Ocean. For centuries the words “Ne plus ultra” meaning “No more beyond” were chiseled on the Mighty Rock of Gibraltar, which towers over the Strait. It reminded the sailors that beyond the Strait was nothing […]