By: Alissa Cooper This road. This festive bedazzled road looks all too familiar. It blares at you as you approach it, a curiosity. Not this time. I won’t do it this time, you say trying to convince yourself and yet it only takes a brief moment to pull you in. Perhaps it is […]
By: Jason Coutts “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” Matt 2:2 (ESV) Men are naturally drawn to the light. It fixes their vision, preserves them from harm, and directs their paths. Light can arise […]
By: Lars Janssen I went for a walk today, and it was chilly. I had to flex my hands against the cold as I stepped out onto the shady porch. But as I began walking down the sunny sidewalk, I found the contrast remarkable. One moment, the cold was seizing up my joints, and […]
By: Rebecca Feere “If you abide in My word, you are truly My disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:31-32). Do you ever feel like your life is one long performance? You work hard to measure up, to be enough, to please others—and yet at […]
By: John Kerr If you are not used to seeing clear cuts in the forests of British Columbia, they can cause a visceral reaction. Large swaths of beautiful trees cut down and left like a massive scar on the landscape. What is interesting, however, is that if one was to poll many species of […]
