Doing the right thing can be terribly inconvenient. It takes stamina and a life so dedicated to serve Jesus that pressure won’t take you down a path of immorality. Peer pressure pushes at each of us. 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…

No matter how often I read about it I am shaken, startled, and saddened at the response of religious people to the work of God. Jesus healed a man speechless because of a demon of silence. When the man spoke the religious people (the ones who go to church service and sit on committees and contribute to new furnaces and a roof or two) condemned Jesus. Read more…

It’s raining today. That means that for my night shift my boots will gain weight (sticky Lambton clay). Maybe I’ll get stuck at that really muddy site (but thank God for 4-wheel drive!). 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…