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.…
Faith Needs Better PR
In this episode, Debb and Deb discuss messaging in the faith community–who tells the story, who decides what story to tell, and who benefits from those stories.
Sunday Reflection – October 18, 2026
. From 2023 Deceiving questions Matthew 22 15 Then the Pharisees met together to find a way to trap Jesus in his words. 16 They sent their disciples, along with the supporters of Herod, to him. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are genuine and that you teach God’s way as it really is.…
Kids Korner: Tricky questions (October 18th)
Read Matthew 22:15-22 with your family. Have you ever had someone ask you a question that wasn’t really a question? Maybe someone says, “Who do you like better, me or your other friend?” Oh, that’s a tricky one! You don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings, but you don’t want to lie, either. Sometimes people ask…
A Thousand Voices, One Mouth
When repetition masquerades as truth There’s something rather unsettling about discovering that the crowd you’ve been listening to may not actually exist. Recent claims about the disappearance of enormous numbers of Russian bots have generated considerable excitement online. Whether those claims are entirely accurate remains uncertain, but they’ve raised a fascinating question: how many of…
Remembering October 7th
Three years ago today, lives were shattered. Today, I remember those who were killed on October 7, 2023. I remember those who were taken hostage, those who survived, and those who still carry the wounds of that day. I remember, too, the families whose lives were divided into before and after – parents, children, partners, siblings and friends…
Thanksgiving is more than the perfect table
It is Thanksgiving in Canada this coming Monday, and the holiday has a way of arriving with expectations. There should be turkey, of course. Potatoes prepared the right way. Enough vegetables to satisfy everyone at the table. Pie. Cranberry sauce. Family traditions. And somewhere along the way, we can begin to act as though gratitude itself depends…
Sunday Reflection – October 4, 2026
. From 2020 Overlooking the Cornerstone Matthew 21 33 Jesus told the chief priests and leaders to listen to this story: A land owner once planted a vineyard. He built a wall around it and dug a pit to crush the grapes in. He also built a lookout tower. Then he rented out his vineyard and…
Kids Korner: Sharing Jesus’ teachings (October 4th)
Read Matthew 21:33-46 with your family. Jesus tells a story about people who are trusted to care for a vineyard. But after a while, they start acting as if the vineyard belongs only to them. When the owner sends people to them, they refuse to listen. They become so determined to keep control that they…
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