The Most Spiritual Thing You Will Ever Do
The most spiritual thing you will ever do is hidden in plain sight. (more…)
Bob JonesMarch 31, 2019
STIGMA AND ITS EVIL COUSIN SHAME
Stigma and shame kill more Canadians than your worst nightmares can envision. Sons. Daughters. Spouses. Grandkids. Friends. Their deaths leave anger, guilt, frustration, grief, sorrow, hopelessness. Broken dreams. Broken hearts. What’s enraging is their deaths were preventable. So that’s why I am writing this. To ensure that my granddaughters or grandson or their friends never get to a place in their lives where stigma or shame speak louder than truth and love. (more…)
Bob JonesMarch 23, 2019
Loving Words of Affirmation
The gift came protected in a cardboard container nestled in a rustic gift bag lined with red tissue paper. With the gift came a note. The gift was hand crafted, one of a kind. The note was hand written, affirmation for a lifetime. (more…)
Bob JonesMarch 11, 2019
BECAUSE WORDS MATTER
Words matter. Kids know how cutting words can be. Remember? (more…)
Bob JonesMarch 8, 2019
43 YEARS OF ADVENTURES IN SAYING YES
Forty-three years ago I had a lot of hair and some experience. Now I have almost no hair and a bit more experience. That's all because Rev. Bruce Fisher invited me to serve on his pastoral team at Central Tabernacle in Edmonton. I said, “Yes.” (more…)
Bob JonesMarch 3, 2019
JESUS: DESPISED AND REJECTED
Rejection makes you feel like you’re not good enough. That everyone is better than you. Rejection is defined as to throw away, the state of being refused or the denial of love and acceptance. No wonder being rejected hurts so much. (more…)
Bob JonesFebruary 27, 2019
The Real Deal: The Velveteen Pastor
“The Boy’s Uncle made me Real,” the Skin Horse said. “That was a great many years ago; but once you are Real you can’t become unreal again. It lasts for always.”(Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit(1922) (Avon Books Edition, 1975), pages 12-13) (more…)
Bob JonesFebruary 24, 2019
THE HOLY SPIRIT AND LOVE
The intensity of what happened after I prayed convinced me that something supernatural was taking place. My future changed in an instant. I was filled with the Holy Spirit. (more…)
Bob JonesFebruary 13, 2019
BACK FROM THE BRINK: AL DOWNEY
In April of 1989, I came precariously close to ending my life. I was in the throes of a completely debilitating depression. Totally incapable of rational thought, very ill, and unable to help myself, I lived believing the tormenting devilish lies continuously being fed into my mind. They were condemnatory, malicious lies, without foundation, yet to me they seemed completely logical. They dominated every moment of conscious thought. (more…)
Bob JonesFebruary 9, 2019