Psalm 127 – The MessageThis has long been one of my favorite Psalms. It cuts deep against the grain of how wetypically are wired to define and attain success and impact. Living in a North American milieuonly seems to heighten how far we can stray from the simplicity,...
Pastoring people in the midst of this COVID reality is quite a challenge. Alongside of being our National Directors, David and Anita give oversight to the pastoral team at the Kelowna Vineyard Community in BC. As is true for many of us, they have quite aswath of...
I find myself noticing things this Christmas season that I haven’t before. Take Joseph. Ya, that guy, the non-biological father of Jesus. How often I have overlooked him at Christmas. Like what happened in a story I heard this week of a mother who called the...
A Jewish boy – a divine Son. He comes.Immanuel, God with us. Waiting in Mary’s womb.Immanuel. He would breathe earths air. He would walk this soil. He would live – here.Immanuel. He would speak as a prophet. He would instruct and learn out of His experience as...
I have been musing a lot lately on this quote from Walter Brueggemann, “The prophetic tasks of the church are to tell the truth in a society that lives in illusion, grieve in a society that practices denial, and express hope in a society that lives in...
