The Barefoot Evangelist

Yesterday’s Lessons for Today’s People

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Reflections, Stories & What’s New

Halloween: More than Ghosts and Goblins

Every October, Halloween brings out the pumpkins, costumes, candy, and ghost stories. For many Christians, it’s simply a delightful occasion for children, families, and neighbourhoods to have some fun. Others regard it with suspicion, concerned about its associations with witches, spirits, and the supernatural. But Halloween has a much richer history than either the candy…

Kids Korner: Greatest Commandment (October 25th)

Read Matthew 22:34-46 with your family. Have you ever wondered what the most important rule in the whole world might be? Is it being honest? Sharing your toys? Listening to your parents? Being kind to someone who’s having a bad day? One day, someone asked Jesus a question just like that. There were hundreds of…

The Ministry of Showing Up

We live in a world that places enormous value on fixing things. Got a problem? Find a solution. Someone is hurting? Offer advice. Someone is grieving? Find something comforting to say. We are so uncomfortable with helplessness that we sometimes mistake our inability to make things better for an inability to do anything at all.…