In January of 1979 I enrolled as a student at the Canadian Bible College in Regina. I hadn’t been a student for over a dozen years and my last experience hadn’t been all that successful. I had put it all on the line. I had resigned from a secure position. I had withdrawn all my […]
How did I ever end up becoming a pastor? Was it the result of a career decision on my part, like when I left the Saskatchewan Government Insurance Office to accept a job with Co-operators Insurance Services or was there something else going on as well? I believe my move from the insurance industry to […]
Briefly summarizing the story thus far – I had entered into a relationship with Jesus and now we were in a church, after having searched for a number of months. But the question is – where was Iona in all of this? She had wanted me to get a little religion, but she didn’t really […]
I had made the decision to follow Jesus, but unlike many I did it without the benefit of being part of a church. I was pretty sure that I should be part of a church but how would I find one. My first choice was to begin attending the church where we had been married, […]
After having been married for just a few months, Iona and I moved to the city of Saskatoon. I had a new job and a company car, and I was learning a lot. On October 16, 1972, our first child, Jeff, was born at St. Paul’s Hospital. He was born just two days before my […]
I have been captivated by the poetry of Michael Card, especially by the words of his song There Is A Joy in the Journey. Read the words of the first verse. There is a joy in the journey There’s a light we can love on the way There is a wonder and wildness to life […]
There are a lot of big words in the Christian lexicon, but there are few larger than the word salvation or its verb form saved. What does it mean to be saved? Since Google knows everything, I asked what it meant. Here’s what I read. “The word salvation is the translation of the Greek word […]
What is sin? In Protestant circles sin has variously been defined as anything that falls short of God’s perfection and righteousness. In other circles sin has been defined as a voluntary violation of a known law of God by a morally responsible person. On the other hand, Roman Catholics tend to classify sin as either […]
What is church? How would you define it? I have defined it this way – I attend Cornerstone Church in Saskatoon. It is located at 315 Lenore Drive. But is that a good way to identify and define the word church? No. That building is merely where the church meets. So, exactly what is church. […]
I retired this past year after almost forty years of vocational ministry. Most of it was spent as a pastor but some of it was in a para-church organization. My joke has been that I have been a professional Christian for almost forty years, that I have been paid to be good, but on my […]