The Ten Commandments – Part 1 Focus reading: Exodus 20:1-17 (the Ten Commandments) The Reverends Jim MacDonald and Val Chongva held the following conversation as part of a Sunday morning service on March 4, 2018. The material is based…
The Ten Commandments – Part 1 Focus reading: Exodus 20:1-17 (the Ten Commandments) The Reverends Jim MacDonald and Val Chongva held the following conversation as part of a Sunday morning service on March 4, 2018. The material is based…
The Ten Commandments: Part Two Reading: The Ten Commandments – a positive rendition The source and power of life is ever present –around us, amongst us and within us. Make the fullness of life the most important aspect of…
A Church Drop-In Program improved my perspective… Last Tuesday evening I left my Church office in the Community Peace Centre complex around 6:00pm to p/u my wife from work. As I was leaving the under-building parking area which is entirely…
Dementia First of all, who among you has ever forgotten something – forgotten where you put your keys, forgotten someone’s name, forgotten an appointment, forgotten where you parked your car in the shopping mall, gone into a room and then…
What Does 2018 Require From You? Today (January 06th) is Epiphany on the Canadian Church Calendar and tomorrow, the first Sunday after Epiphany is Baptism of the Lord Sunday. Now the subject of the baptism of Jesus has always been…
Raoul Wallenberg and The Holocaust (Click on photos to enlarge) The Holocaust Memorial This is not a cemetery. These are not tomb stones. This is the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also known as The Holocaust Memorial.…
Christmas Food for Thought We already produce enough food to feed everyone on the planet. However, over 800 million people are undernourished, while at the same time 2 billion are overweight or obese. Those words were part of my Sunday…
“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home — so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. […] Unless these rights have meaning there, they have…
PREVENTION OF ABUSE OF CHILDREN What is it? Neglect/ physical, mental or sexual abuse/ traumatic experiences Stats: 1 in 3 street youth in B.C. have been sexually exploited. 60% are aboriginal. 85% know their abuser. It is never…
‘Tis the Season for Reflecting on the Upcoming and Hectic Holidays! The holiday season doesn’t start for a few more weeks, but now is the time when anxiety about the holidays can begin to occupy our thoughts. Indeed, many stores…