In Memorium

I had the opportunity to attend the celebration of life for Gary Nelson, mostly notably the past President of Tyndale University. My meeting of Gary was through Church Planting Canada, though he was certainly well known in the leadership circles of The Church in North America having led Canadian Baptists Ministry as well. As Lee…

Eastland family update

I remember years ago – we were just leaving Hamilton to move to Ottawa when Leanne let us know that she had been in contact with her birth mother, who it turned out lived in Hamilton. She was overjoyed to be able to contact, see, and talk to someone from her birth family. It was…

Lazarus

Yesterday’s reading and sermon were about Lazarus, the very good friend of Jesus, who died only to have Jesus arrive and raise him from the dead. It is the section of John’s Gospel with the shortest verse in the Bible, “Jesus wept”. A good indication of how much Jesus loved his friend Lazarus. Jesus could…