Last Thursday, in Jesus' Peace, Part 3, we saw that if God is peace, then the closer we draw to Him, the more we can enjoy His peace. Thus the way to access Jesus' peace is to draw near to Him, to keep our hearts and minds focussed on Him, to make Him our refuge at...
Christmas may have passed on the calendar, but the “holidays” continue. In fact, one of the biggest holidays in Canada is the day after Christmas, what we have dubbed, “Boxing Day”. This is akin to “Black Friday” in the USA, a time of year when you can procure the...
Traveling through the great plains of the United States and Canada is an eye-opening experience. With the twinned highways, towns, cities, dams, etc. that scream of modern civilization, it is sometimes hard to believe that this was once the home of tens of thousands...
You can't visit the state of Montana without encountering the bison. The state was home to literally millions of plains bison, as well as to the Native Americans who hunted them. Of course, this wasn't my first encounter with the creatures. I had, however, always...
The great plains of Canada and the United States once teemed with wild Bison. The bison had been hunted by the first nations people of the plains for hundreds of years, but the settlement of the plains by white man marked the beginning of the end of the plains Bison....
Hey, it is the time of the year (October) when the Nobel Prize winners names for 2020 are announced. Now it is time to brace-up for some quiz time, folks, regarding the "dubious" history of the Nobel Prizes! Who invented dynamite? Do I hear the answer? Alfred Nobel!...
In the second and the penultimate part of the Series on the Biblical equivalent of the Nobel Prizes story, the parable of talents, today we shall focus on three more lessons derived from said Parable.... "No" Delay... "The man who had received five bags of gold went...
In the concluding part of our series on the Biblical equivalent of the Nobel Prizes story - The Parable of the Talents, today we shall focus on the final two lessons derived from said Parable... "No" Balance... "...the master of those servants returned and settled...
I am asking God right now what someone out there needs to hear, and the message is loud and clear: I have not abandoned you! This isn't a new concept, is it? After all, the scriptures tell us:"for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake...
Last week, I posted a short devotional entitled "Be Strong and Courageous". When I wrote it, I knew in my heart that God intended the message for someone in particular.... Little did I know that the "someone" was actually...me! We all know how much easier it is to...