Happy Tuesday afternoon! (ok…maybe you’ll get this Wednesday) Someone shot off some fireworks in our neighbourhood last night. I thought I heard something at one point & this morning on my bicycle ride through the light fog, I saw the leftovers…evidence of something being sent skyward...
Happy Hump Day y’all! (Yes…it took me until Wednesday to get this together…it’s an interesting week!) Fred Meuser, the President of Trinity Lutheran Seminary when I started back in 1984, often said, “Never despair, never lose hope, never give up. You are never a complete failure....
Welcome to Winter! What a chilly wet few days we’ve had here in the early part of Winter! I’m happy for the farmers & the skiers…they all seem to be getting just what is required at the moment. I’m also thankful that all those folks who...
It’s the King’s Birthday long weekend…and I reckon that implies we should wish His Majesty a blessed turning of the calendar…given his precarious health at the moment, maybe we should also be mindful of praying for him too. I’ve been reading Kings & Chronicles in...
Welcome to the last week of MAY!? May? Where did the first 5 months of this year go? Ok…well…June starts in just a few days, and I don’t know if you noticed in worship, but we’ve got a busy busy few weeks ahead of us…so let’s...
Happy Wednesday y’all! (probably Thursday for most of us) Apologies for this being delayed this week…lots going on, but here we are! What’s your favourite book of the Bible? Most folks have one…something that speaks to you every time you read it. Maybe one of the gospels...
Quickly before I head over to the Kooringal Hotel for our Living Water Family Dinner Out… Years ago I knew someone who would always read the last chapter of a novel first. I told them that was cheating. You can’t know the outcome before you know...
I'm in Sydney as I write these weekly notes...
It seems this is the season for elections. Canada just had one. Ours is this week. Next week the College of Cardinals will elect a new Pope for the Roman Catholic Church. In every case, once the results are in, things will either change a...