In this guest post, Dr. Hird, Rector of St. Simon's Church in North Vancouver, provides a mediation on Advent as a time for refining or...
For me, writing is an act of discovery. One thing leads to another, and soon I'm exploring something new. This post led me to a huge...
We normally hear, "Let's put Christ back into Christmas." But Herod? Some time ago I read J. Richard Middleton's article, "Let's Put...
If you knew your future, wouldn't that change your present? Recently, I was chatting with some Christians when the topic of future...
Could Mary have said ‘No’ to Gabriel, God’s messenger? If she could, what does that mean for you? The Annunciation Gabriel’s...
If you knew that you will be accountable for how you lived your life today, would you do things differently? Our current focus is how...
Why shepherds? Have you ever wondered why angels appeared to unnamed shepherds at night outside a small village called Bethlehem to...
Years ago, WWJD bracelets were quite popular. WWJD stood for “What would Jesus do”—a saying that didn’t sound quite right to me. I...
We all have a choice to make. Do we choose to say "no," or do we accept the invitation and participate in what God is doing?
Could Mary have said 'No' to Gabriel, God's messenger? If she could, what does that mean for you? The Annunciation Gabriel’s...
He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. (John 1:10) On the outer rim of the Milky...
The visit of the magi in Matthew 2 is a common Advent theme. But what do we really know about this rich portion of Scripture? We are...
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