What do you value most in your life? A recently personality test that I took asked me to fill in “5 things that I can’t live without”. The respondents often write snarky things like oxygen or water, or honest things like their cell phone or coffee, or serious things like friends or family. If that question were posed to you, what would you answer? What would be the things you can’t live without? This answer naturally changes as we change throughout our lives. What I valued as a … [Read more...]
Faith
A True Child of the Father
In the 8th century before his birth, the prophet Isaiah announced Messiah’s coming: “Unto us a child is born.” (Isa. 9:6) “There is a childhood into which we have to grow, just as there is a childhood we must leave behind.” (19th c. Scottish novelist, poet, and theologian George MacDonald) Jesus’s tells us that unless we become like little children, we cannot enter the Kingdom of God. The childhood into which we have to grow is to share is that of the True Child, Jesus Christ. When I … [Read more...]
Called into Joy
Lord Jesus, as we hear your word of invitation this morning, open our hearts and our minds to your presence, and stir in us a desire to know and love you better. Amen. Intro - Violet’s Joy This past Wednesday evening I received a very special text. I think many of you know I have quite a pack of nieces and nephews back home in Winnipeg. My family is pretty close-knit, and we often text each other back and forth throughout the day. On Wednesday evening the text I received was a video from my … [Read more...]
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