Reflection ⁽³³⁾

It was on my 6 hour drive home from my Pentecostal Bible College of which I had recently graduated, that I got serious about being a calvinist.I was listening to a series of lectures on TULIP, and by the time I arrived home, I walked…

We are addicted to being busy.In the western culture at least, we love to achieve, excel, and be persistently hurried to move on to the next thing. More than ever we need space to practice solitude, to be away from the noise, the frenzied lifestyle…

I sometimes get the feeling that being a pastor is like fitting a square peg in a round hole. It's as if something's not fitting right -- something's missing. The ideal pastor, in my mind, is someone who always want to be around people. He’s the spotlight…

Words kill, words give life; they’re either poison or fruit—you choose. Proverbs 18:21 One of my favourite stories in the Gospel of John is the story of Jesus’ encounter with the woman at the well. Jesus is left alone with this woman and the disciples…

In honour of Merton on his 102nd birthday: “My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the…