Artwork: The Story of Ruth, by John August Swanson One of the things I love about Advent is reading through the Advent and Christmas narratives again. Most of us do not linger over the long genealogy of Jesus in Matthew, yet the season of Advent calls us to pause, to...
Artwork: Simeon the Righteous,by Aleksey Yegorov, 1830-40s. Almost the day after Halloween, Christmas themed displays began to appear in our city. What is wrong with this picture? We are a culture that does not know how to wait. The proverbial “are we there...
“Meanwhile, friends, wait patiently for the Master’s Arrival. You see farmers do this all the time, waiting for their valuable crops to mature, patiently letting the rain do its slow but sure work. Be patient like that. Stay steady and strong. The Master could arrive...
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim, Daniel and his friends Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah are taken to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. The four have caught the eye of the king and are chosen for their intellect and beauty to be trained in the...
In a time when there seems to be a deluge of people questioning the relevance and sacredness of the biblical text, I find myself gasping with wonder again and again at not only the stunning strata within the tome of scripture, but the uncanny germaneness of its...
This month’s reflection is more of a request really On several occasions I would hear John Wimber say that his favourite and most used prayer was simply this, “O God. O God. O God. Help!” Many times he would add the caveat that this was his most...
