Several years ago, when a friend asked me what my New Year's resolution was, I flat out told her that I didn't really care to have one. I do think that resolutions are important, but my decision not to add one more thing to my checklist was intentional and firm. I'd been dealing with unexplained health issues, and although I'd had some tests done, the exact reason for my struggles escaped me. Through prayer, it came to my attention that I'd been stressing over day-to-day things without realizing it. Anxiety was intertwined with my 'episodes', and I truly had been [...]

As the world-wide pandemic continues to spin out of human control, Pastor Bob assures us that God sees and understands all of it from a perspective that has always known the beginning and the end. Imagine a fictional world called "Flatland" where everything is only length and width – there is no such thing as up. This world could be modeled using two-dimensional patterns to represent buildings and metal objects to represent inhabitants. We could then add people like Fred and Wilma, who live in one house, and their neighbours Barney and Betty, who live next door (sound familiar?). Also [...]

Thanks to COVID, I am now the primary academic instructor of my children (yeah, I'm a homeschool mom). What I'm teaching them seems to hold new importance. What I want them to know weighs heavily on my mind. Remembrance Day is coming up. What a great opportunity for me to instruct my children in... in what, exactly? If I affix the poppy to their coats, teaching them how to wear it so it doesn't stab them and tell them we do this, "because people died," well, that doesn't seem like enough. So I've ordered books to help me tell the [...]

During this time of waiting precipitated by COVID-19, Pastor Bob challenges us to live out the gospel by finding the right mix of faith and practical works to make an explosive impact on our world. Most of us know the story about the day that started as an ordinary teaching session between Jesus and his disciples but turned into a mega-event hosting an audience of over 5,000. Jesus had compassion on the crowd, talking to them until day stretched into evening and everyone started getting hungry. In what we have come to know as the miracle of feeding the five thousand, [...]