Ah, there you go. I just fixed one thing and then another broke. And so is life. We are continually finding things that do not work and having to come up with a solution to fix the problem. Sometimes...

Can you imagine standing at the foot of Mount Sinai with the Israelites? Thunder rolled across the sky, lightning flashed, the mountain was covered in smoke, and a loud trumpet sounded. The people...

You’ve heard the phrase, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. There are numerous stories of people purchasing something at a rummage sale that proved to be quite valuable. I collect coins,...

I recall when my first daughter, Ashley, was born. My wife and I were both just 22 years of age and lacking maturity and financial stability. Amid the joy, fears, and unknowns, we both understood that...

This year is the 500th anniversary of the publication of William Tyndale’s translation of the New Testament into English. At a time when the Western church considered Jerome’s Latin Vulgate Bible...

Hope, the feeling things will turn out for the best, is what keeps us going. Without it, we get depressed, do desperate things or give up on life altogether. Hope is very important to our...

This week I was challenged to repeat The Doxology every morning for a week, maybe even during the day as well. What a wonderful challenge to draw closer to God in this way. It is a blessing to be...

Israel’s journey through the wilderness was not always a journey of confidence and celebration. At the beginning of Exodus 17, the Israelites arrived at Rephidim only to discover that there was no...

In that latter half of Hebrews 12, the writer explains to his readers Jewish Christians who were seriously considering giving up on the Christian life to return to Judaism, that from Heaven’s...

She was in her 90s. Though unsteady on her feet, she never missed a weekly church service. She had a hug waiting for all who would greet her. She believed that the privilege of being loved by God must...

For most of my life, I pictured God with arms crossed, foot tapping and a less than welcoming look on his face. I guess legalism does that to you. Worrying about disobedience and the resulting...

I have been in such a heightened stress level that I now find it hard to relax and rest. We had to keep alert and be ready to act, but now things seem under control for the moment. Rest sometimes...

Exodus 16 takes us into a difficult moment in Israel’s journey from slavery into the Promised Land. Having experienced God’s dramatic deliverance at the Red Sea, the Israelites found themselves in...

I grew up in apple country. My grandparents and my parents owned apple orchards, and each year we would hire labourers during harvest time to pick and pack apples. We paid a fair wage, and we rarely...

It was just one of those days. The computer was playing up. There was something amiss with the internet, and I couldn’t access my bank account. A hinge had broken on a kitchen cupboard, and I...

The opposition to Jesus had been growing, and it was now dangerous for him to travel outside his home region of Galilee, since the Jewish authorities were already seeking an opportunity to put him to...

Try to picture Jesus and what do you see? A man with a sad look on his face, perhaps with tears forming in his eyes? Most of us have grown up seeing the painting of a sad looking Jesus by Warner...

My daughter frequently accuses me of not reading the instructions, and often she is quite right. I learn by sight and what I think I see and understand is often not the case. It may be something as...

There are moments in life when we feel trapped between an overwhelming problem behind us and an impossible situation ahead. Israel experienced such a moment at the Red Sea. Pharaoh’s army was...

You’ve probably experienced a situation that just didn’t make sense to you. It was too good to be true, and you weren’t sure if you should believe it. Well, you’re in good company because...

In a 1972 study, 50 children sat with a researcher and a marshmallow. The researcher left the room for 15 minutes, promising another marshmallow if they were able to resist eating the one in front of...

Following the incredible feeding of over 5000 souls with the meagre contents of a boy’s lunch (Matthew 14:13-21), we come to the second of Jesus’ miracles that the disciples witnessed that same...

When I think of tenderness, I think of a mother with her baby. She protects, comforts, soothes and cares for her little one with softness and gentleness. Jesus compared himself to a mother hen in this...

In Matthew 14:22-33, Jesus walks on the water to reach his disciples in their time of need. It has been a trial of one thing or another for me lately, but now we have a wildfire nearby that is warning...

Exodus 12 marks a decisive moment in Israel’s story. After centuries of slavery, God was about to deliver his people from Egypt. At the heart of that deliverance was the Passover lamb. Each...