by Karen Wilk | Jun 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
We took nothing. We didn’t have the capacity to come alongside a neighbour in need, so I inquired with another neighbour, who was coming out of her own struggles. Katie* had just separated from her husband and was feeling lonely, isolated and empty—she had too much...
by Karen Wilk | Jun 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
Could Jesus be saying that entering the house of another is like entering the holy temple? That living in our neighbourhood is sacred work in a sacred place? “Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals.” —Luke 10:4a This instruction often catches us off guard...
by Merv Budd | May 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
We’ve all heard the expression “the tail is wagging the dog.” In an organization it implies that something secondary, that should be responding to the primary thing, has taken over and now controls in a way that has displaced what is primary. This kind of situation...
by Sara-May Cardy | Feb 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
Isaiah 9:2 “The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.” Matthew 4:16 “the people living in darkness have seen a great light on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light...
by Deb Judas | Jan 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
My husband and I live in an amazing neighbourhood with many good friends scattered throughout. We have a lot of fun here, but sometimes it can be challenging when people aren’t cooperative or friendly. For instance, there was this grumpy man who lived on the...
by Cam Roxburgh | Jan 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Why did it take so long? At 57, I may finally be learning one of the reasons that God gave me two ears and only one mouth. Years ago I was helping to lead a Church Planting Canada Assessment Centre. I had laryngitis and could barely get a word out. I listened more...
by Merv Budd | Dec 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
razed; razing transitive verb: to destroy to the ground: DEMOLISH If the Kingdom of God exists where the King is presently reigning, than it may be possible to understand that hell exists where Satan rules. Part of the roll of the people of God, according to Paul, is...
by Deb Judas | Dec 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
“Advent! A holy season in which we connect again with our “inconsolable longing,” as C.S. Lewis called it our yearning for the One who is to come and is also, mysteriously, the One who has come already – come as a child, come as a fellow-sufferer, come as...
by Cam Roxburgh | Dec 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Snowmageddon? Is that even a word? In Vancouver this week, it was a reality. The first snow of the year produced total mayhem on the roads, with a promise of more to come. I am not talking about a few flakes that slowed things down, but a total upheaval of the travel...
by Bob Baumann | Nov 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
Five years ago, I was inspired by Kristin Schell’s little film The Turquoise Table. The premise is that during her prayer time she would often ask God to help her connect with neighbours. Eventually, she had the idea of moving her picnic table out to the front yard,...
