September is a sort of New Year for most of us. Even if we aren’t in school ourselves, there’s something in the air that feels like a...

This past Sunday we talked about speaking up about Jesus. One way of speaking up about Jesus is evangelism: telling those who don't yet...

When I was in grade six, our Sunday morning routine began with a drive to the elementary school in Lake Echo. There, after seeing whether...

During this Lenten season I’ve decided to add a little extra reading to my daily routines. As a book lover, I remember with amusement...

In the weeks leading up to Easter, the Christian church has traditionally kept a season of preparation, called Lent. During these weeks,...

The rumble strips on our highways have been a good invention. When you’re behind the wheel and fall into a moment of inattention or...

We were at the Sunday afternoon worship service at the nursing home when John said something to me that he had said on another occasion:...

What should happen when we pray? What kind of thoughts or words are we supposed to have when we pray? If we take our lead from Scripture,...

One of the things I have long admired about Catholicism is the idea, found in the monastic wings of the Church, of submitting to a rule...

When Gideon, that famous leader of Israel who constantly wondered whether he was correctly hearing God’s voice, first encountered the...

Every day I am invited to pay attention to stories. At the top of our social media feeds run the stories of our friends and...

As most of you probably know, Dee and I spent sixteen years in New Brunswick before coming back here to our home province and city. It’s...

Living With a View to the Resurrection In two previous posts I attempted to summarize the biblical witness about death and the hope we...

In the previous post, I began to share some reflections on what the Bible has to say about death and the hope that we have in Christ. I...

On each of the last two Saturdays I have attended funerals. One was for a family member, and I was in the position of leading the...

On the drive from Saint John to Fredericton you come to a point where Highway 7, which passes over the Trans-Canada Highway, loops down...

The past few weeks I’ve found myself listening over and over again to a song from Phoebe Bridgers’ haunting 2020 album Punisher called...

In one of the segments of the 1948 Disney anthology film Melody Time, the character of Johnny Appleseed sings a song as he gathers the...

Prayer can sometimes seem either overly simple or overly challenging. On the one hand, prayer can be as simple as thinking of a need and...

This is a post I wrote and posted on another platform in early 2022. Given that the New Year is often greeted by thoughts about making...