Every Friday night our church hosts a youth floor hockey outreach at John MacWilliam Public School in our neighborhood. It attracts kids 9 to 13 years old from both our church and the surrounding community. We have several dads playing as well with the youth. It is a great time of floor hockey and good […]
Living the Kingdom on Earth
I have now been a Pastor for 25 years. The word “Pastor” derives from the Greek word “poimen” meaning “shepherd”. The Pastor is called to shepherd and nurture a local church which is made up of believers in the Chief Shepherd, Jesus. He not only calls himself the Good Shepherd (John 10:11,14), but Christians also believe […]
I have loved hockey all my life. As a 7-year old boy, I remember watching Hockey Night in Canada on CBC TV every Saturday night. It was a real ritual in our household. The TV would go on at 5 pm and the countdown to the Toronto Maple Leaf game began. By game time, I […]
One of the more exciting moves this last off-season in the National Basketball Association was the Boston Celtics’ signing of free agent guard Gordon Hayward from the Utah Jazz. Gord was reuniting with his former college coach, Brad Stevens, who is now the head coach of the Celtics. Hayward played for Stevens when they were […]
One of the most enjoyable and inspiring movies I have ever watched is Mr. Holland’s Opus. It came out about 20 years ago. Mr. Holland aspired to be a great music composer in his life. But because of various circumstances, he ended up teaching music to high school students. It was a job he really […]
Last Tuesday my wife Colleen and I attended a performance of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra at the Jewish Community Center. Only a part of the WSO were performing under the leadership of the WSO’s Assistant Conductor, Peter Wiebe. They played several pieces written by Jewish composers, such as George Gershwin and Felix Mendelssohn. God’s Beauty […]
This past July my wife and I had the great blessing of going to Ireland for the first time. The occasion was the eightieth birthday of Colleen’s dad, Ron Pierce. My father-in-law’s ancestors originally hail from the beautiful Emerald Isle of the Irish. Some of the Pierce clan emigrated to Canada around 1820. Grandpa Ron […]
Surprising and counterculture would be appropriate words to describe how God often works in this world. The Christian Church for two thousand years has believed and taught that God’s Son became incarnated in the baby Jesus. God’s Spirit made the Virgin Mary’s womb come to life. There was nothing sexual about this impregnation. God didn’t […]
Our church is having a Yard Sale tomorrow. It is a fundraiser for our Parking Lot Project. I also think there are going to be some other worthwhile goals accomplished in this Yard Sale. There are several people who are serving from our church to make this event possible. Desi Scullion and Margaret Thomson have […]
Last Saturday, the Detroit Tiger Baseball Chaplain, Jeff Totten, coordinated his 31st Home Plate outreach before the Tigers-White Sox game at CoAmerica Park. Home Plate is a ministry where Christian players, active and retired, share their testimony of how they came to faith in Christ. It takes place in the morning of an afternoon ballgame. […]