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What, Me Worry?

I grew up reading MAD magazine. The “spokesperson” for the magazine was a character named, Alfred E. Neuman. His motto was simple, “What, me worry?” Now if I were to take a survey right now of everyone, I would be pretty sure a large majority would be stressing over something. Worry is something we battle…

From Prosperity to Poverty

Recent years in Canada, and especially in Alberta have seen business slowdowns, decreasing profits, layoffs, new housing slowing down, foreclosures, personal and business bankruptcies, bank failures, investment company collapses, the loss of retirement funds, and problems that go with the downturn. After years of plenty, we seem to have developed an attitude of entitlement. We…

Steps to a Deeper Faith Pt. 3

I’ve mentioned in the past how our convention’s purpose statement is “giving ourselves away for the kingdom of God.” This means we are to live our lives involved in kingdom work by serving others. In Matthew 14, we read the story of Jesus feeding the 5000. Now we generally focus on the miracle of how…