I’ve heard a lot of pastors’ wives receive the advice to be careful whom you trust in your congregations and where you make friends. I…
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Walking through Grief Joyfully with the Gospel, Part Two
Nearly every Ontarian who lives near the US border travels to the United States at some point to shop in order to enjoy the greater…
View More Walking through Grief Joyfully with the Gospel, Part TwoWhat do we do when we can’t do anything?
After a dozen years in ministry, I feel like I should be better at prayer than I am. I should be able to keep a…
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Join us for our Spring Reading Challenge! (more…)
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The tears first pooled, then pressed upon my eyelids, finally breaking over the edge and trickling down my face. My daughters and I were watching…
View More Walking Through Grief Joyfully with the Gospel, Part OneHymns and Hearts of Contentment
“For I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound.…
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Since “joy” is our theme this year, I have been contemplating how to recognize and implement joy in my life. We have all been taught…
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“I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete,” (John 15:11 NIV). When…
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Often, we are interrupted by God in order to change our plans to His plans. We may view these interruptions as a joy stealer, because…
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“The joy of the Lord is your strength,” (Nehemiah 8:10). The joy-moment came in the middle of a difficult season of ministry. We’d stolen…
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