Might Anne of Green Gables be a metaphor for the coming Canadian spiritual awakening? In this increasingly fatherless generation, could God use the writings of Lucy Maud Montgomery to help us discover the Father-heart of God? Both Malachi 4:6 and Luke 1:17 speak about God turning the hearts of the children back to their fathers and the fathers to their children. Maud, as … [Read more...] about Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables
Rev. Dr. Ed & Janice Hird
Books by Rev. Dr. Ed & Janice Hird include God's Firestarters; Blue Sky, a novel; and For Better, For Worse: Discovering the keys to a Lasting Relationship. Dr Ed’s newest award-winning book The Elisha Code is co-authored with Rev. David Kitz. Earlier books by Dr. Ed include the award-winning Battle for the Soul of Canada, and Restoring Health: Body, Mind, & Spirit.
Robert Luis Stevenson’s global kingdom impact
Many of us as children read Robert Louis Stevenson’s best-selling books like Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and a Children’s Garden of Verses. He was a popular celebrity in his own time. Arthur Conan Doyle, of Sherlock Holmes fame, wrote to Stevenson speaking of “all the pleasure you have given me during my lifetime – more than any other living man has done.” Rudyard Kipling … [Read more...] about Robert Luis Stevenson’s global kingdom impact
Pigs in the Ocean: The socialism of Dostoevsky’s The Possessed
One of Dostoevsky’s most brilliant, darkest, and least known novels is The Possessed, also called Demons or The Devils. Dostoevsky, as a devout Christian, often grounded his novels in particular biblical stories. The opening scripture in this novel is about the pigs being cast into the ocean (Luke 8:32-37). Have you ever wondered what possessed Putin to invade Ukraine, and … [Read more...] about Pigs in the Ocean: The socialism of Dostoevsky’s The Possessed
Finishing well, remembering Archdeacon Jack Major, apostle of renewal
February 22, 1926 – February 3, 2023 Archdeacon Jack Major was so quiet and gentle that few would initially suspect that he was an Anglican apostle of spiritual renewal. It was Jack that introduced us to the remarkable world of Anglican renewal as we accompanied him to the major Anglican Renewal West Conference at UBC in 1982. Though we had already privately … [Read more...] about Finishing well, remembering Archdeacon Jack Major, apostle of renewal
Facing our growing Canadian gambling addiction
You can bet that the increase in gambling is harming many Canadian families. We have personally seen many marriages break up. Wives are not happy to lose their houses to their husband’s gambling addiction. The Bible in 1 Tim 6:9 warns against falling into the trap of temptation, and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin … [Read more...] about Facing our growing Canadian gambling addiction