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Easter: All You Really Need to Know

Robert Fulghum wrote a bestseller in 1989 called, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. Fulghum got me thinking about where many people like me had their first introduction to Easter - in a Sunday School class. (more…)

Bob JonesApril 13, 2022

Holidays Posts Life Stories

Joseph’s Cross with Andrew White

Andrew White was kidnapped in Baghdad, gave all his money away, adopted six Iraqi children and suffers from MS. For more than ten years, Canon Andrew White presided over the only Anglican Church in Iraq, a role that led him to be known universally as the "Vicar of Baghdad." (more…)

Bob JonesApril 10, 2022

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Commemorating Courage: Vimy Ridge

The coldest winter France had seen in forty years was in 1917. In April there was snow on Vimy Ridge. (more…)

Bob JonesApril 9, 2022

Life Formation Life Stories

I Want To Go To His Church

Add chaplains to the list of first responders: the emergency dispatchers that take the panicked calls, firemen, paramedics, ambulance drivers, RCMP officers, STARS - the men and women that arrive in the middle of moans, acrid smoke, spilled diesel and burning tires to do their jobs with no fanfare or recognition other than the satisfaction of a job well done. (more…)

Bob JonesApril 7, 2022

Life Formation Life Stories

Humboldt Strong Core Covenant

The words are a lifeline for surviving Humboldt Bronco players and their families in the wake of the April 6, 2018 bus tragedy. "Always have hope and BELIEVE that everything is possible." (more…)

Bob JonesApril 7, 2022

Holidays Posts Life Formation

What Easter Means To You

The BBC asked their listeners what Easter means to them. From the nation that originated Christian world Missions, the responses are a mosaic of perspectives in a post-Christian age. (more…)

Bob JonesApril 6, 2022

Life Formation Life Stories

They All Rode The Bus: Humboldt Broncos

Hardened hockey warriors. Veteran coaches. Sports broadcasters. Even, Don Cherry. United by tears. Heartbroken. Beyond words. We are Humboldt. (more…)

Bob JonesApril 6, 2022

Holidays Posts Life Formation

The Last(ing) Words of Easter

It’s been said that the final words of one’s life provide a snapshot or an MRI into that entire life. Some last words become immortalized. (more…)

Bob JonesApril 4, 2022

Life Formation Life Stories

Painful Moments and Miracles: Danielle’s Story

There are going to be very painful moments in your life that will rock your entire world in a matter of minutes. These moments will change you. Cry. Scream if you have to. But let them make you stronger, smarter and kinder. And lean into faith for a miracle. (more…)

Bob JonesApril 1, 2022

Life Formation Life Stories

What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do

The queue had stretched out of the Bosnian bakery and onto the street. Starving, war-shattered survivors were lining up for their daily bread. It was 4pm, May 27th, 1992 – one month into the siege of Sarajevo. Suddenly a mortar shell fell directly into the middle of the bread line, obliterating 22 lives. (more…)

Bob JonesMarch 31, 2022

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Easter: All You Really Need to Know

Joseph’s Cross with Andrew White

Commemorating Courage: Vimy Ridge

I Want To Go To His Church

Humboldt Strong Core Covenant

What Easter Means To You

They All Rode The Bus: Humboldt Broncos

The Last(ing) Words of Easter

Painful Moments and Miracles: Danielle’s Story

What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do