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Making the ordinary sacred

Words and experiences get thrown around often without people knowing the meaning. ‘Sacred’ is one of those words. We use it in church to talk about sacraments and all the churchy stuff pastors and priests do, and that seems to make it steps removed from average folks. Even when you look the word up in…
Sunday Reflection – November 9, 2025

Life after death Luke 20 27 The Sadducees did not believe that people would rise to life after death. So some of them came to Jesus 28 and said: Teacher, Moses wrote that if a married man dies and has no children, his brother should marry the widow. Their first son would then be thought of as the…
Kids Korner: It will be different in Heaven (November 9th)

Read Luke 20:27-40 with your family. In the Hebrew tradition at the time when Jesus was alive and teaching 2000 years ago, there were three groups of people, three different ways of understanding what they believed. The Essenes who had a lot in common with Jesus’ followers, the Pharisees who were regular folks and challenged…
Being grounded in the Gospel message

I get a lot of comments on the name I have chosen for this website. A few weeks ago I went over why I chose evangelist and barefoot, but the comments keep coming. The online ones focus on “evangelist”, and given the all too frequent negative use of that term, I am not the least…
Sunday Reflection – All Souls’ Day, Sunday, November 2, 2025

Redemption and change Luke 19 Jesus was going through Jericho, 2 where a man named Zacchaeus lived. He was in charge of collecting taxes and was very rich. 3-4 Jesus was heading his way, and Zacchaeus wanted to see what he was like. But Zacchaeus was a short man and could not see over the crowd. So he ran ahead…
Kids Korner: Zacchaeus & Jesus (November 2nd)

Read Luke 19:1-10 with your family. To help remember this story there is a children’s song that you can find here on YouTube. This is one of the last stories before Jesus enters Jerusalem for the final time. Jesus had been leading his followers for over three years at this point, and his reputation was…
Meditating when your mind and body won’t sit still

I recently had a conversation with someone about an issue they were having. I suggested they “meditate” on it, and their response was to say “Yes, I’ll think about it”. I quickly corrected them by pointing out I said meditate – as in let your mind wander & ponder. I am not always great about…
Publications – Halloween Workbook

New for Halloween: So who really invented Halloween? Download our new workbook and read to the end. Along the way find more historic and cultural information as well as puzzles and colouring pages. Here is the free preview. For purchase of this full version at $5, please go to the Publications tab to make the…
Monday check-in (on a Tuesday): Happy Halloween

Hope you have a great week and a fantastic Halloween. Don’t forget to check out our Halloween workbook on our Publications page. Full workbook free until Halloween night, then it can be purchased by contacting me through this website.
Sunday Reflection – Sunday, October 26, 2025

Meaningless comparisons Luke 18 9 Jesus told a story to some people who thought they were better than others and who looked down on everyone else: 10 Two men went into the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood over by himself and prayed, “God, I thank you that I am…