Where the Rubber Meets the Road

by Daryl MacKenzie A few weeks ago at Oasis Shirley Giberson, representing the Canadian Bible Society, gave me a copy of The Financial Stewardship Bible, written in the Contemporary English Version and published by the American Bible Society. This Bible highlights...

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So Great a Cloud of… Mosquitoes??

So Great a Cloud of… Mosquitoes??

When I was at the closing rally of Tidal Impact (which of course was the opening rally of Oasis), I was thrilled to see the adults watching with delight from the bleachers as hundreds of youth worshipped on the floor of the Berwick Apple Dome! I know from...

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Right or Rights? The Difference An “s” Can Make

Right or Rights? The Difference An “s” Can Make

Have you noticed how acceptable it is these days to speak of rights and how unacceptable it is to speak of what IS right (as opposed to what is wrong)? We are a society – it seems – that delights in exploring and defining the soft spaces between diverse interest...

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Show up and Shut Up? (Part 1)

Show up and Shut Up? (Part 1)

I am not sure why I am like this but I resist times of solitude with God. Don’t get me wrong, like all good Christian leaders I can preach a good sermon about the need to withdraw and spend time in solitude and prayer. It is one thing to speak it, quite another to...

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