Author: Central Baptist

By: Pastor Lars Janssen   I have a grandmother I never met. She died seven years before I was born and 28 years before I would marry her granddaughter. And yet, this grandmother has left a mark on my life. Her name is Mildred Nicholson, mother of Paul Nicholson and grandmother of my wife, Sarah […]

By: Ed Sywyk   Four times a year I must travel to Port Credit and wait about four to five hours while a special eye drop is created from my blood. This drop is a new technique my doctor heard about. It was last November when I ran out and had to go again. After […]

By: Pastor Lars Janssen   The puppy barked and bounced as we tried to walk into the house. He danced excitedly around our feet so that we had to be careful to avoid stepping on him. As we shuffled in, one of us scooped him up and his barks turned into licks. I don’t know […]

By: Rebecca Feere   If you grew up in church, as I did, you’re familiar with the story of God providing manna to sustain the people of Israel during their forty years of wandering in the wilderness. Perhaps, if you are of my generation, you can picture the flannel-graph board — the origin of media […]

By: John Kerr   Stories of Scotch mist abound. They are so plentiful that one would be led to believe that Scotland is blanketed in a perpetual layer of mist! I can assure you that many a time we have had a clear sunny day!  As a teen, I used to be a Venture Scout […]