By: Pastor Lars   Today is my son Gideon’s 14th birthday. Happy Birthday, Gideon!  This has become a birthday month for us Janssens. Three of us have birthdays in August and so do several of our extended family members — on both my wife’s side and mine. Most years we have two big birthday gatherings,… Continue reading

By: Casey Korstanje   We call it “Kings!”  For decades now my three brothers and I have gone away annually to a cottage for a few days to hang out, eat, drink and be merry. Or as one once put it: “To live like kings.”  We’ve done this through all the seasons of life: the… Continue reading

By: Ed Sywyk   For a long time, when I walked down the street, I would walk with my head looking down at my feet. Why? I wasn’t walking by faith. Instead of using the cane I received from CNIB to guide me, I took matters into my own hands.  One sunny day in February,… Continue reading

By: John Kerr   When Brenda and I with our three children headed west, we ended up in a little town of less than one thousand people called Hudson Hope. The main reason for its existence is to serve as a hydro town for the W.A.C. Bennett dam. This imposing structure is one of the… Continue reading

By: Rebecca Feere   The book of Psalms, with its rich and relatable content, mirrors our human experiences. The Psalmists, in their raw and honest expressions, cover a wide spectrum of emotions that we all experience. Love, anger, frustration, delight, fear, doubt, despair, praise, and hope are just a few that find their voice in… Continue reading

By: Pastor Lars   I enjoy a good dragon story. I remember reading excitedly about the mythological many-headed Hydra, Beowulf’s fight with the dragon, Tolkien’s Smaug in The Hobbit, and Lewis’ Eustace-turned-dragon in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.  I used to have a large poster in my workshop of a sky-scraper-sized dragon blowing fire… Continue reading