Life Between Sundays
If what you believe makes no difference then it makes no difference what you believe. - KICheck this page for church news items, pastoral perspectives, prayer requests and miscellaneous other “stuff”
Praise The Lord!
To come and sit in a Sunday service, when all is well, and listen to a well-manicured service and sermon, is no real test. It is in the ragged and rugged experinces of life that we discover what really inhabits our hearts. Praise that comes from the prison is more...
Dealing With Controversy
A former mentor used the term, "Spit-in-your-face" culture in in reference to a time when Facebook and rampant conspiracy theories were not a thing. Today they are and the damage done by our inability or unwillingness to understand one another, is inestimable. This is...
Settling Short of God’s Promise
Some people are never satisfied. Achievements and acquisitions fail to meet aspirations and fuel that insatiable desire for more. The problem is that more is never enough. Others are too easily satisfied and lack motivation. The middle ground may be the best. The...
Knowing God
We get to know some people quickly and deeply. Other relationship are paced more slowly. Generally if we are to truly understand another person it requires two essential ingredients. Time and proximity. Jesus built a relationship with hsi disciples in this way. For...
Contentment
Mark Sumner installed some cupboards for us this week, along with a counter top over our washer and dryer. I was the unskilled labor, an extra set of hands. Two of the most elusive aspects of carpentry, to me, seem to be the idea of square and level. To ignore these...
Laws of the Harvest
I used to think, almost exclusively, in terms of right and wrong, I based my spiritual well-being on my performance and in many areas, I did well but in others, I was a dismal failure ... that's the way I saw it at least. R&W were the measuring sticks by which I...
Escapism
Christianity, as most of us have heard it preached and consequently experienced it, is presented as a way out. It is a way out when it comes to hell. It is a way out of the negative consequences of our bad choices. A way to avoid unnecessary pain or the evil that...
Becoming An Encourager
I did my first 9-hour trip to the bank this week. The people in the branch were wonderful. I needed to do some banking re: a compromised client card and other miscellaneous items on my mother's behalf. For an hour and 15 minutes I stood at the counter. One of my tasks...
The Essentials of Encouragement
This guy was in the water today at Deep Cove Beach, when I began my walk. He was still splashing around an hour and a half later when I returned. You have to give this kind of effort some recognition. There is a level of enjoyment here that escapes me but I enjoyed...
2020 Advent Week 2
It's Tuesday evening. We've had a wind and rain event today. The ferry has been out of service all day. The email just came through and it won't return to the island until tomorrow morning to make the first trip. I have lived on Grand Manan for a total of 24...
Advent 2020, Week 1 … Hope
It's week two of our Zone 2 setback to the orange level. Every day I look for one item of information ... how many new cases. That's about all that i can tolerate. Covid 19 consumes my thoughts at a personal level and as it relates to the our local spiritual family...
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