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The Power of the Gospel

This past week, I turned to my Bible app on my phone, and it showed John 3:16 as the ‘Verse of the Day’. “For God so loved the world t In...

Resilient Heroes

Resiliency is the ability to recovery readily after being bent or stretched from adversity. I have about 50 heroes in my life; all of...

Even The ‘Unlovable’

I’m not talking about the stories of trauma, tragedy or loss which I have – sadly – come to expect. No, I’m talking about something a...

Lost, but not forgotten

Life is like that at times and people somehow seem to end up in the dark recesses of memory and disappear behind the urgency of the lives...

The Kindness of Human Contact

On a recent family vacation to BC, we witnessed polite but dishevelled panhandlers plying their trade amidst the more decidedly destitute...

Conversation at the Drop-In

“I’ve been on my own a long time. I left home when I was 10. Been on my own ever since.” Edward told me this as we sat together in the...

THE ‘BOB’ SERIES: Somebody see me

I wanted to share today about a gentle soul that I have been blessed to serve on several occasions. Bob has never responded to me except...

Loss, Hope and Joy

“You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy,” Psalm 30: 11...

A Time for Quiet Reflection

This title is easier to write than practice! I try to get away for times of silence, and this is where I am as I write. It is a century...

A Presence on the Streets

Not long ago, one of our outreach teams was doing late night outreach. It was about 10:30pm when they entered the market area. Across the...

Micah 6:8

What does the Lord require of you but to act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.