“Why me?” That’s a fair question. Why you? Well, that was a variation on the question Jeremiah asked as God told him he is to be a prophet to the nations. A rather big assignment for anyone, let alone a teen on the cusp of adulthood (age 17). Stop and think about that for […]
It brings us joy that Dennis Thompson has come out of retirement as he joins us as our organist. Dennis studied piano in Barrie with Jessie Bryson, up until he obtained his ARCT, and he studied preliminary organ with Lloyd Tufford at Collier Street United Church. He went to university in 1958 – and he […]
The mercury is dipping to extreme lows these days. And the days are still on the short side. Even as we look at the forecast on our phones, even as the days lengthen by minutes, the lengthening of the sunshine in the sky seems to proceed all too slowly. Indeed, sunrise still isn’t happening until […]
This week’s theme seems to be how God uses each of us to do great things. For example, the Betty White Challenge helped an array of animal rescue agencies, in Barrie and beyond. Many people gave a little and together, their funds will do a lot. One such agency is Furry Friends Animal Shelter in […]
It seems too many people who’ve had an impact in our world have left it: Betty White, Sidney Poitier, Desmond Tutu – to name just three. Let’s use Betty White as an example. Tomorrow, Jan. 17, would have been her 100th birthday. There’s a movement on social media — the Betty White Challenge — which […]
Doesn’t it seem that $20 doesn’t go very far in the grocery store these days? All too often, a trip to the grocery store is $35 or $50. Whether it’s supply chain issues, poor harvests, the cost of transport – the cause of the rising cost really isn’t the issue. The issue is food is […]
Nothing – not the dark, bone-chilling days, not the loneliness of lockdowns, not the worries 2022 will bring – can separate us from God’s sustaining love.
The simple nativity scenes, the carols, the decorations and lights — it’s tempting to put them away now that Christmas has passed and we’re taking (or have taken) down the tree. But the miracle still remains: God loves humankind so much, He became one of us. That may not be a simple thought to wrap […]