RSS FeedDON’T OVERLOOK ADVENT
While we are looking forward to celebrating Christmas this year as perhaps we have never done so before, we must not overlook the next four weeks when we celebrate the season of Advent. We need to observe it as a time of watching and waiting for the coming of Jesus in...
HOW CAN WE CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING IN 2020?
In 1789, President George Washington issued a proclamation designating November 26 of that year as a national day of thanksgiving to recognize the role of providence in creating the new United States and the new federal Constitution. In 1863, in the midst of the Civil...
BE THANKFUL
“Be thankful (“Cultivate thankfulness”, The Message). Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, whether...
KINDNESS AND COMPASSION
My understanding of life changed dramatically when I realized that the way to improving myself, to become a better person, was not to try harder to live more ethically, but to allow the Spirit of Christ to enter into my spirit and to live out his life through me....
THE SEARCH FOR MEANINGFULNESS
John Swinton, Professor of Practical Theology and Pastoral Care in the University of Aberdeen, in his book on Dementia writes, The problem of forgetfulness is not confined to the individual with dementia. The experience of dementia brings to the fore a broader amnesia...
THE RECIPE FOR PEACE
There is so much hostility in the world between political parties, identity groups and within families. People are divided. Ever since Adam blamed Eve, and Cain was jealous of his brother Abel and murdered him, fallen humanity has been seeking peace. The only hope for...
REAL HOPE
St. Paul expresses a prayer-wish, a benediction, in Romans 15:13. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. God is One who gives hope, sustains hope, crowns hope. Hope...
THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED
November 2nd is celebrated as All Souls’ Day when Christians commemorate all the Faithful Departed, holding their lives in our memory. In the Mexican culture it is known as the Day of the Dead, when families take the day off to picnic at the graves of their families...
DEATH, EVERLASTING LIFE AND ALL SAINTS’ DAY
Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels invented the immortal Stuldbrugs of the flying island of Laputa. Gulliver supposed they would be wise, serene and knowledgeable because of their great age, and instead found them the most miserable of creatures, excruciatingly...
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR
My first ministry in the United States was as Dean of Christian Life (Chaplain) at Gordon College, Wenham Massachusetts from 1971 to 1976. Gordon was founded by A.J. Gordon in 1889 as a missionary training institute. It developed into a Christian liberal arts college...
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