This post is written to parents, but is applicable to any household, with or without children. Let’s get on it people… Do the work and make a plan! There is no household with any kind of internet access that is immune. Read it here in this excellent post.
Jesus has risen from the dead, has made a mockery of evil, has defeated death, and is alive! Now he says, “Look! I am making everything new!” (Rev 21:5) Film from The Work of the People.
Drawing near to God: Today is the last day of our fast – tomorrow we will celebrate the resurrection of Jesus! But for today, reflect on what God has whispered to you this past week. What has he done in you? Where has he lead you? What has he given you? What has he said?
Drawing near to God: Today is the Friday that’s called Good. The day Jesus was crucified. Everyone who confesses Jesus as Lord must also “take up their cross” and follow him (Mt 16). We are to follow his lead and embrace the path he travelled. Jesus was crucified and went on to defeat death. Thankfully
Drawing near to God: Manitoba’s new tourism slogan is “Canada’s Heart… Beats.” It’s a good one. It makes me think of the drum and how it echoes God’s heartbeat. His heart beats too, and the reverberations go far beyond the borders of our Province to reach every nook and cranny of creation. It’s not an
Drawing near to God: The bible says that it is impossible to draw near to God without drawing near to others. When asked what commandment was the greatest, Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest
Drawing near to God: It’s quite common to become irritable during a fast. In a total food fast this moodiness is accentuated. In our Nepali fast, you may not be having hunger pangs, but you may be craving some more familiar cuisine. Either way our stomachs really do have a say in how we’re feeling.
Welcome to the first full day of our Nepali Fast! These daily updates are meant to inspire and inform us in our prayer and fasting activities this week. Drawing Near to God Part of what it means to draw near to God is to pray that we have his heart – that we see the
It’s what we all want isn’t it? To see life come to the dry bones? To see skin and flesh clothe hollow skeletons. To see the goodness and mercy of the Father enfleshed. To see the dream of a distant land flowing with milk and honey brought to our land. To see hope restored and
Many are familiar with the line in Psalm 23, “…goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life…” It’s a nice thought, but a one that does not nearly capture the tenacity of God’s goodness and mercy. These qualities don’t follow us around like a lost puppy looking for its home. Goodness
Isaiah 58 Fast April 13 – 20 In the bible, fasting and prayer usually go together. Fasting isn’t simply about the lack of food, or the lack of anything else for that matter, but rather an intensified focus, or shift in perspective from something temporal to God. It’s about bringing our attention to the Lord
We’ve been exploring points along Peter’s discipleship journey for the past few months (and we’ll continue for the next number of months). The audio recordings are posted here. Along the way, we’ve commissioned various artists – both visual and performance – to share their interpretations of what they’re learning. It’s like looking at the subject
The water we need to live – that we need to really live – does not come from earthen springs. It is not discovered in any well dug by human hands, not can it be drilled by any rig of human ingenuity. This water is not pumped, bottled, chlorinated or dammed up. It does not
