Battling What Brings Us Down

We have been having a big problem in our house this year. Actually, I should say we are having a lot of problems in our house.  I correct my words because our “big problem” is made up of hundreds of small problems.  Our problem is ants, lots and lots of ants!! Often...

Are You Looking for Service?

I quietly wanted to be Dick Tracy when I was growing up.  Not only because of his crime fighting accomplishments, or even because of the snappy yellow hat and rain slicker coat he wore over his nicely tailored suit (although that was a mighty good look), but because...

Effective and Affective Ministry

Green Timbers Covenant Church – this multi-cultural, multi-generational Christ centred community – has a mission and it is our responsibility as a church to live into that mission in its most full sense! We are called and committed to “cultivating...

Infused – Written by Debbie Reid

Excerpt from The Deeply Formed Life, written by Rich Villodas:  “God’s abundant life and love, it’s all available to us… God is committed to our transformation.  He is not in the business of simply improving our lives; he wants to infuse them...

Stop Doing What You Hate

This morning I was scrolling through Twitter on my phone as I was lying in bed wishing that I were still sleeping. My mind was telling me that it was too early to get up, but apparently that isn’t what my body was thinking. I was scrolling past the baseball articles,...

Knowing and Being Known

I remember watching Daniel and Henrik Sedin on the ice back when you could count on the Canucks to be a competitive hockey team.  Actually, based on how they are doing today, that was when you could count on them to be healthy enough to field a team.  With the COVID...