Wait

Like many psalms, Psalm 40 has an interesting symmetry about it: (v. 1 – 3) I waited and You listened. (v. 4 – 5) You have delivered. (v. 6 – 11) The true and obedient heart (v. 12 – 16) You will deliver (v. 17) I will wait. The Psalm shifts from a backward looking …

The One and Only

 In preparing for Bible Day Camp at my church we have been looking at the Shema (Deut. 6: 4-9), a sacred part of the Torah, which derives it's name from the first word 'hear' , which in Hebrew is 'Shema'.  It is a truly bold assertion of God's singular nature as the one and only.  …

It's the Nut Behind the Wheel

I remembered a joke I heard as a child this past week (I wasn't a child this week, I heard the joke when I was a child, I just remembered it this past week.....anyway).  A guy is complaining about not getting good performance from his car: rough starts, hesitation etc.  He begins identifying parts that may be …

Expectant Living (part 3)

Continued from here. Christians are called to live expectantly.  We are called to believe that God is real and that he has great plans for us (Jer. 29: 11).  We are called to be ready, to be prepared for God to do the great things he has planned to do.  We are called to wait …

Expectant Living (part 2)

Continued from here. Expectant living is what we are called to. Christians are people who should be waiting, expectantly for the greatest event that has ever happened in the history of humankind. We believe that Jesus is coming back and that changes the way we look at everything.  If we are living expectantly then we …

Expectant Living

A group of expectant fathers were in a waiting room, while their wives were in the process of delivering babies. A nurse came in and announced to one man that his wife had just given birth to twins. "That's quite a coincidence" he responded, "I play for the Minnesota Twins!" A few minutes later another …

The Day I Quit Smoking

Stuart MacLean of the CBC’s Vinyl Café, shares an interesting concept when telling the story of how he quit smoking. He remarks that when he decided to quit, he didn’t make the decision once, for all. Instead, he decided to quit every morning for about 6 years. Each day he would wake up and forget …

He Loves Faith (part 2)

Mark 2 describes another great story of faith.  Jesus was speaking and a great crowd had gathered.  There were so many gathered there that you couldn't get near the door or window of the house He was in.  Verse 3 says, "Some men came, bring to him a paralytic, carried by four of them."  Not …