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Resolutions?? Fuhgeddaboutit!
Happy New Year! Yes, 2012 has arrived, and as I read the news, 2011 has not been all that bad for us, especially here in Canada. According to MacLeans magazine Canadians feel like they live in the...
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Nothing Really Changes
Larry Norman, in his song, Nothing Really Changes, writes: nothing really changes / everything remains the same / we are what we are till the day that we die. How true is that! This week I had a nice...
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The Winston School of Leadership
A couple of weeks ago I finished up a 2 part series on what the Bible has to say about handling money. I likened money to having a dog. Why a dog, you ask? Well, dogs are pack animals, meaning, they...
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So You Wanna Speak on Behalf of God, Do You?
If you are a church leader (however that looks) then you are fully aware that while these may be the worst of times for the church in NA, you have to admit that they are also the best of times. One of...
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Stunned, Shocked, Surprised…and Speechless!
This past February, two significant events occurred: one happened in our church, and the second occurred in my life. In our church we have this tradition we do every February called Just Because. It’s...
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Be Yourself – Everyone Else is Taken
Do you ever wake up and feel like ‘the world’ hasn’t been completely honest with you? I do. I’ve been having ‘one of those days’ a lot in the last week or two. It has to do with who I am and what I can...
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Parallel Universes…Parallel Saints
Parallel universes. The first time I encountered this phrase was when I was reading a science-fiction novel a few years ago. Basically the concept is that if you travel through a black hole (not going...
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BEWARE OF THE ‘GREAT’ SNARE
We are dominated by ‘great’…nah, actually inundated by ‘great’. We live for ‘great’, strive for it, talk about it, flaunt it, brag about it, and unfortunately compare ourselves to it. Great is all...
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Shut Up and Listen!
[blogging is like exercising…stop long enough and it becomes easier not to] So the other day I was leaving work and three feet from our main admin door was a young man sitting on our sidewalk,...
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It’s All In How You See It
They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, which basically means that what one person may see as beauty, someone else may not. Which then begs the question: “What exactly then, is beauty?”...
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I Think God Has a Happy Heart
So yes, the past two days has been jammed-packed for me, hence why I’m just now writing my post. Such is life… So here’s the beauty of the wisdom books, particularly Proverbs. Wisdom is a ‘God-thing’....
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The Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth
The first to speak in court sounds right— until the cross-examination begins. Proverbs 18: 17 I can say a hearty AMEN!, to this proverb. When I was a police officer I spent many a day sitting in...
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A Club or an Umbrella?
Keep the commandments and keep your life; despising them leads to death. Proverbs 19: 16 So here’s an experiment you can try at home. Find the Ten Commandments, Levitical laws, Jesus’ commandments, or...
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Life is 3 Dimensional
I’m not a fan of ‘black and white’ thinking, simply because it leads to seeing life two dimensionally. Life isn’t two dimensional, my friend! If you’ve had any life experience then you know that...
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How To Be a Good Wife :)
And now from Proverbs 21! 9 It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home. 19 It’s better to live alone in the desert than with a quarrelsome,...
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The Intimidation Factor
While dining with a ruler, pay attention to what is put before you. If you are a big eater, put a knife to your throat; don’t desire all the delicacies, for he might be trying to trick you. Proverbs...
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Mind My Own Business? Nope!
Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to die; save them as they stagger to their death. Don’t excuse yourself by saying, “Look, we didn’t know.” For God understands all hearts, and he sees you. He...
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THE SECRET TO EARNING AN EXTRA $10,000!
Proverbs 28 19 A hard worker has plenty of food, but a person who chases fantasies ends up in poverty. 20 The trustworthy person will get a rich reward, but a person who wants quick riches will get...
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Article 1
The Phoenix Galaxy Cluster The thirtieth chapter is quite different from the previous ones. First, the author of these proverbs is Agur, son of Jakeh. Who’s that, you ask? Well, scholars don’t...
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Let’s Raise a Glass to the Women of the World!
The latter part of Proverbs 31 speaks in honour of wives. The writer begins with: “Who can find a virtuous and capable wife?”, and then he goes on to describe in great detail all of her...
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