I filled in for the Rev. Norma Holtslander, my stepmom, at First Baptist Place this evening. She has been going through the Lord’s Prayer phrase by phrase and when she was unable to be at the service, I got to do Matthew 6:13 which reads: And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from […]
Thankful for all those siblings
Thanksgiving Sunday, at least in Canada. As you know if you’ve been following me for any length of time you know I don’t pay a lot of attention to the secular calendar when it comes to what I talk about on Sunday. I don’t dislike Fathers/Mothers Day or any of the others but I don’t […]
Jesus and community
I begin with my yearly restatement that I have nothing against Mothers’ Day (nor Fathers’ Day, Valentine’s Day, or any other day for that matter). I think mothers are the unsung heroes of everything and I don’t think I could have more respect for them in general and specific that I do. The problem is, […]