Lord Jesus, who prayed that we might all be one, we pray to you for the unity of Christians, according to your will, according to your means. May your Spirit enable us to experience the suffering caused by division, to see our sin, and to hope beyond all hope.Amen. –––Adapted from a prayer by Abbe …
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Reflections on the Book of Acts #13: The Holy Spirit
The church becomes irrelevant when it becomes purely a human creation. We are not all we were made to be when everything in our lives and churches can be explained apart from the work and presence of the Spirit of God. There is a big gap between what we read in Scripture about the Holy …
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When Do We Pray at the Window?
This may or may not surprise you, but pastors don't have all the answers--even when it comes to what the Bible means and when it comes to how we apply Scripture to our present day lives and circumstances. But sometimes it's just as important to ask good questions as it is to provide good answers. …
Music to My Ears
During the two COVID shutdowns in our province, when we couldn’t gather in our church building for worship, my family live-streamed a worship service from our living room. Last year we did it live on Facebook and this year we’ve been going live on YouTube. We’ve been calling it “Homemade Worship.” We play songs, say …
Preparing for Sunday Worship
For the last two weeks I have been on vacation. It's been very nice to have the rest. When I am back to work on Monday, my family and I will have had the chance to visit two other churches on a Sunday morning. One blessing, of course, is that I have been much more …
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