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Life Formation

Should Christians Be Held to a Higher Standard?

A local service provider, operating out of a church, abruptly went out of business. The clients felt they weren’t given enough advance notice to adequately prepare for the change. One person reacted by saying, “They are a Christian organization. I’m not religious, but shouldn’t they be treating people better than this?” (more…)
Bob Jones
September 1, 2021
Life Formation

WHAT SPRING DIDN’T KNOW

It was March 2020… The streets emptied, stores closed, and people huddled at home. It was a time of panic. A pandemic. Markets crashed, borders closed, and people pivoted. (more…)
Bob Jones
March 19, 2020
Health MattersLife Formation

ITS A NEW DAY DAWNING: CORONAVIRUS

The sun comes up, it's a new day dawning. The song lyric came to mind as the sun rose on March 15th. Highway #33 is a familiar stretch of road after eight months of commuting to Barrhead, Alberta. Today, the sunrise was all the more meaningful because of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The sun came up today. The sun will come up tomorrow. (more…)
Bob Jones
March 15, 2020
Health MattersLife Formation

2020 MARCH MADNESS: COVID-19

March has always been about madness. Watching college basketball teams from Kentucky, Georgetown or North Carolina play in the annual “March Madness” tournament is a rite of spring. I don’t follow basketball, except in March. Not in 2020. The madness this March is a pandemic named COVID-19. (more…)
Bob Jones
March 12, 2020