• The Pearly Gates
    By: Casey Korstanje              I was sitting on the platform along with a dozen other musicians just minutes away from playing the opening hymn for the evening of worship program. And I was in a panic.      Pastor Alan had just handed out an “order of service” and apparently I was missing the first… Read more: The Pearly Gates
  • Peter… Peter… PETER! JUST LISTEN!

    By: Eric Comer                 I have been privileged to go to Mexico on three separate mission trips. Once with men from our church, and twice with my family. Each time we connected with Pastor Daniel and I had the privilege of sharing the gospel with his churches.          On the last trip, in Continue reading

  • The Meaning of Easter for the World Today

    By: Jason Coutts        The resurrection of our Lord marks out a signpost declaring that death has been conquered and that new life has arisen.  Often during this Easter season, we commemorate an event that secures an eternal hope for the life to come.  Yet, it is often after the Easter weekend has run Continue reading

  • Thank You, Jesus for Easter

    By: Ed Sywyk        Thank you, merci, gracias, dank je wel, when you say it in English, French, Spanish, Dutch or any other language, it never expresses the deep emotional gratitude we feel toward our Lord. There are not words to convey my gratitude, knowing Jesus died on that cross.     What I can Continue reading

  • Let’s Arm Wrestle

    By: Lars Janssen     I think I stopped arm wrestling after I lost to my oldest nephew. As I recall, it was over a park bench in Paris, Ontario, and the loss was entirely unexpected. I’m not even sure I was in my 30s yet. But the contest had been fair, and the outcome Continue reading

  • Be Still and Know

    By: Rebecca Feere     Anyone who knows me knows that my natural speed is slower than most. I need time — to process, to decide, to take that first step. For much of my life, I felt like an oddball because of this.    I grew up hearing, “Hurry up!” “Make up your mind!” I Continue reading

  • Learning As You Go

    By: John Kerr      I remember still, walking in Glasgow and coming across a man working in an open chamber in the sidewalk. I couldn’t help watching as he worked with a cable full of multicoloured wires. I was transfixed as I watched him sort through hundreds of different wires. He was working with a telephone cable long Continue reading