Jul 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Many of you know that one of our sons is a Portland, Oregon police officer. He has a Mechanical Engineering degree, graduated top of his class with an MBA, and chose to serve and protect as a career. He has four children, the youngest adopted from Uganda—it saved her...
Jul 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Last year I wrote for Clarion about the racism crisis that exists in my hometown of Thunder Bay, Ontario. I explored how Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s theology from below and cruciform ethics focuses our attention on the earthbound, existential Christ of vulnerable love; a...
Jul 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
CROSSROADS: HIT THE BREAKS, LOOK BOTH WAYS I guess there is nothing extraordinary about saying this, and I don't want to be overly dramatic about it, but I believe humanity has entered a new season (I know – duh..). Every aspect of our lives is having to be...
Jul 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Jesus, Advocate or Intercessor? Did you know that there are numerous titles for Jesus in the Bible? Among them are Lord, Savior, Redeemer, Good Shepherd, and Messiah to name a few. These titles are descriptive of various aspects of our Lord’s nature and character,...
Jul 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
In the book of Isaiah the prophet (chapter 45) there is a prophetic word of the Lord to the nations of the earth. It begins in verse 20 with a call, an invitation, to the fugitives of the nations to gather and come – to draw near – and yet something...
Jul 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
In America past, many Christians justified their stance on their treatment of native people groups, and owning slaves by saying that they were doing a good thing by bringing those “savages” into their good Christian homes where maybe they would find Jesus and learn to...
