Oh my, the garage again. The first incident saw the original canvas cover split from front to back along the top pole. Last time the whole frame took off and landed on my back steps. This time the new roof shredded.

The big tarp we bought to cover it simply did not have the strength for the job. The wind tore the roof apart. A good idea that didn’t work because it wasn’t made of the right stuff. Read more…

People follow church laws and regulations, social customs, cultural norms and family traditions. Much of the time they do so without even thinking because these standards are such a part of our living, and following these brings rewards and acceptance while failure to conform brings censure. So it is easier to ride the current than to examine expectations.

Jesus rebelled against such rules when the rules abused people or replaced God. Read more…

My duties at work have changed. For this contract I work mostly as mobile patrol. That means I drive as much as 330 km (that’s 205 miles for you non-metric folk) each shift. Now on my previous contracts of foot patrol I kept limber. But now, even though I get out of the truck many (many!) times each night, I don’t walk much at a time. And so Gramps gets cramps. Read more…

Those who serve Jesus obediently will be persecuted, abused, threatened and attacked. Are you in trouble for spreading the light of Jesus into the shadowy world of sin? Read more…

For a third time I look at that extraordinary account in John 11 of the official response to the power Jesus displayed. Read more…