If you go to the movies often, you will notice that Hollywood sometimes “relaunches” different movie franchises or adds sequels in order to extend story lines or cash in on viewer interest. We saw that most recently with Star Trek and Spiderman as well as many Marvel superhero series. In theory, the relaunches are supposed…
I was thinking a lot yesterday afternoon about church. Questions about “Why we gather?” and “What is our role in the world?” started flooding my mind. I guess my view of the church and the church service is evolving… Yesterday, hundreds of millions of Christians around the world gathered together to worship Jesus. Each gathering,…
They say being a grandparent is a blessing. Truth be told, it is. You get to spend time with grandchildren and when they get tired and grumpy, you give them back! But there are times when things don’t go as planned and everything we take for granted gets turned upside down. Sometimes life gets complicated.…
How many of you like your name? How many of you know what your name means? My name(s), first and middle, mean “the strong one” and “nobleman.” Interestingly, my Chinese name means “mighty warrior.” They recently did a review of the most popular baby names in Alberta for 2014 and the winners were, “Liam” for a boy and…
When I was younger, we used to ride down the river during the summer on inner tubes. It was a fun relaxing trip navigating the miles of rocks, trees and periodically, eddies. Sometimes, if we weren’t careful, we would find ourselves drifting into some rocky rapids. Drifting is a deadly thing in the Christian life.…