Resurrection

17 On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. 18 Now Bethany was less than two miles[a] from Jerusalem, 19 and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother. 20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she …

The Teacher and the Student

Last night I came to our mid-week youth program thinking I was teaching a class and instead I learned a great deal.  We are studying the character and nature of God and we were learning about four of God's character traits. God is Just God is Unchanging God is Gracious God is Unfathomable With the …

Appearances are Deceiving

A week ago, in the wee hours after Rick's death.  We all left the General Hospital at the same time and drove back to Beamsville.  I was following Carole's and my dad's cars onto the Red Hill expressway and I thought. "We can't just be driving home!  Not after that!" It seemed absurd that we …

Why You Need Tragedy In Your Life

You learn things through suffering that you won't learn; you can't learn any other way. Consider the story of Joseph in Genesis (Gen 37-50). Why was it necessary for there to be so much suffering in Joseph's life? His father Jacob poisoned his own family by preferring his sons Joseph and Benjamin over his other …

From Death to Life

I have ranted before about how Fall is not my favourite season.  Crisp air?  Bah!  The smell of rotting leaves and damp earth?  To me Fall smells like wet dog; constantly.  It has always reminded me of death.  When Fall comes, all I can see is that: Sailing (for this year) is over, everything dies, you have …

From Death to Life

This week I heard a sure sign of spring. The spring peepers are back. You don't realize how loud they are until they have been gone for a few months and then, Monday night they're back. To say they're back implies that they left however which is not true. They bury themselves in the mud …