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...

Entering into the Story During Holy Week

I am in the middle of three novels right now!  Technically, I am in the middle of more than that, but I have three currently on my shelf or my phone that I am reading. Don’t ask how many other books that I am technically reading right now as well.  It is far too...

Our Core Desires and Core Fears

During Lent we have been examining how our fears and anxieties keep us from living in step with the Spirit.  As I said in the sermon last week, “Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts...

Facing Fears with Courage & Community

Robert Louis Stevenson, the author of Treasure Island (one of my favourite books) and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, once said “Keep your fears to yourself and share your courage with others.”  A noble idea for a man of action and adventure like Mr....