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These days I meet a lot of very interesting people. One fellow came up to me this week to introduce himself as the Anti-Christ. Not long into our discussion, it was plain to see that rather than being the ultimate … Continue reading →

I have been doing a lot of thinking (meditating) on Luke 4:18 – 19  “God’s Spirit is on me; he’s chosen me to preach the Message of good news to the poor, Sent me to announce pardon to prisoners and … Continue reading →

I have just returned from a National New Chaplains’ Orientation. For the most part, it was a good experience. It was good to ‘rub shoulders’ with novice chaplains and to meet some long time veterans. During this week I was … Continue reading →

Revelation paints this extraordinary picture of ‘bowls of wrath’ being poured out. I think I saw an image of that this week. One of the guys you would have to call ‘a core member’ of our community at Saint John … Continue reading →

I just got back from three days of meetings with the Atlantic area chaplains. These are chaplains in the federal correctional institutions and those of us in community chaplaincy ministry. It was a tremendous time of being with people with … Continue reading →

Every Monday night a group of 8 -12 of us get together for what we call “Over comers”. These are folks who are really serious about following Jesus and finding freedom from lives of addiction. Monday nights have become a … Continue reading →

Mark Buchanan, in his book “Spiritual Rhythm”, writes about his native BC “Few places rival its beauty. But New Brunswick in October comes close. New Brunswick’s trees, especially are hypnotically beautiful. The forests are mosaics of leaf .I’d round a … Continue reading →

   For over 30 years an author mentor to me has been Ray C. Stedman. I never met the gentleman but his books particularly “Guilt to Glory” have had a great influence on my life and thinking. Last night I … Continue reading →

At Up Town we’ve been having a lot of fun studying the book of Joshua. It has been five weeks and we have got to the end of chapter one.  One of our key areas of struggle is with a … Continue reading →

Over my years I have had the experience of ‘enjoying a honeymoon period’ in previous ministry incarnations. There is no ‘honeymoon period’ with the folks at chaplaincy. Instead there is a ‘testing period’. People are looking to see who I … Continue reading →