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January 2016

January 06, 2016

The Global Vision

Are you ready for 2016? The New Year, like a lot of situations in our...

September 2015

September 23, 2015

Hurry Up and Wait

What do you do when you can’t do anything about an uncomfortable situation? At the...

July 2015

July 29, 2015

Choose the Stream

We have all seen televangelists or motivational speakers. Some of them seem to have the...

July 08, 2015

Can I Trust You?

Are you a trust worthy person? I’m sure you probably are. I sincerely believe people...

July 01, 2015

Default Thinking

How easy it is for you to change your opinion? It can be a very...

February 2015

February 25, 2015

What’s Your Problem?

Has anyone ever asked you that? I remember my grandpa Jack yelling that at my...

October 2014

October 30, 2014

Demonstration 101

Years ago Jack Nicholson starred as a devilish character in the adaptation of John Updike’s...

October 17, 2014

“The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself “

"The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself " Franklin D Roosevelt The spread...

October 13, 2014

Thank you Malala

This past week the Nobel Prize took the bold step of granting its Peace Prize...

September 2014

September 22, 2014

Planting Seeds

When I was a farmer, I used to spend every spring planting seeds. The tools,...

September 02, 2014

What We Learn From Despair

I always find it interesting to watch what the media pays attention to. Recently we’ve...

August 2014

August 25, 2014

Living the Menu of Life

Recently a friend of mine shared with me one of the lessons she’s been learning...

August 18, 2014

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

One of the best-loved fairy tales, and the first feature-length film Walt Disney ever did,...

August 14, 2014

Plugged In

Recently, I was walking down a city street when I saw a 60-something woman outside...

July 2014

July 16, 2014

What’s to like about beauty?

It’s summer, and if there is one thing we know about summer it’s that beauty...

July 02, 2014

The Lessons of Fear

How many times have you been afraid? And when you have been afraid, what action...

June 2014

June 25, 2014

Pride is a Many Splendored Thing

The conversation is turning. Only a decade ago religious ministers across North America who chose...

June 16, 2014

Let the Killing Stop

On the same day that thousands of members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police mourned...

June 12, 2014

Expecting to Fly

Spring is one of those great times of year when we start to see the...

June 05, 2014

What are you for?

In the days when I was building my Centre I noticed there was something that...

May 2014

May 29, 2014

The Perils of Blindness

One of the things people often ask me is: how did I go from being...

May 21, 2014

Use Your Inside Voice

A few years back it was popular for parents to remind their children to be...

May 15, 2014

Not Choosing Is Choosing

Have you ever had a decision to make in your life and just can’t figure...

May 13, 2014

Courage to Answer the Question

One of the turning points in my life came out of the mouths of babes,...

May 07, 2014

The Crosswalk of Life

The other day when I was driving through one of the main intersections in town...

May 01, 2014

The Power of Saying “Yes”

Have you ever wanted something – REALLY wanted something! – but, when it was placed...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

Walking the Road to Creativity

With spring in the air, many of us are taking time to get outside and...

April 22, 2014

One Mind, One Earth

There is an old Spike Milligan poem which tells the tale of a little girl...

April 15, 2014

Dying to Believe

A number of years ago when I was still a young minister, a congregant told...

April 09, 2014

What’s In Your Path?

This past Sunday I spoke on the topic of “Clearing Our Path.” The very concept...

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