The surprising doubleness of the Advent season I don’t know when or where I first learned about the Advent season as the four weeks before Christmas. Maybe as a child at the Lutheran church where I went to Sunday school. Or as a youth in the Anglican church I attended with a friend from high school. Or in one of the many different churches my husband and I visited as a young … [Read more...] about Venez, divin messie: Oh come, divine Messiah
Faith
Inspiring a deeper walk of faith in God, expressed as Father, Son, and Spirit. Living out our shared experiences of life in Christ.
Now About Idols
It’s time to talk about idols. In my last article (Thoughts on Structure and Outcomes) I mentioned that I would return to the topic of idols in Canada. The reason I want to talk about idolatry is that I feel that for most Christians it flies under the radar. Idolatry in Canada is easy to ignore because our idols have camouflage, they look harmless. But, before we go there, a … [Read more...] about Now About Idols
Abundant Thanks to Abundant God
Thanksgiving Day in Canada has come and gone, but as we all know, giving thanks is not about a single day or weekend. Churches around the world give thanks every Sunday as part of their regular worship. Some of us give thanks every day when we pray before a meal, when some of us pray even before we get out of bed in the morning, or before we go to sleep at night. Every … [Read more...] about Abundant Thanks to Abundant God
Rev Dennis & Rita Bennett; Healing of Body, Mind & Spirit
Dennis and Rita Bennett pioneered in the area of healing the whole person. All of their 11 books, read by over a million people, involved the healing ministry in the power of the Holy Spirit. As consummate story-tellers the Bennetts wove numerous healing stories throughout each book. In his first best-seller Nine O’Clock in the Morning, Dennis recounted how on two … [Read more...] about Rev Dennis & Rita Bennett; Healing of Body, Mind & Spirit
Rembrandt: The Prodigal Painter Returns
How do you feel about the world-famous paintings by Mr. Van Rijn? Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn is one of the few men or women in history recognizable from just his first name. Others are Napoleon, Michaelangelo, and Cleopatra. Today Rembrandt is known to hundreds of millions of people in all parts of the world. Many art experts see him as the greatest of all the Dutch … [Read more...] about Rembrandt: The Prodigal Painter Returns