Thinking outside the zeitgeist – 2

If money is our chief motivation for going to work every day, we will feel worthless when we can no longer hold a paying job. If the desire to serve others is our chief motivation, there will always be something worthwhile and useful for us to do.

Christianity: it’s not all about me

Nine years ago we were living in a little village north of Saskatoon. One day early in the year the phone rang  and when I answered a voice with a pronounced southern accent said, "My name is Jay Bullock and I hear you are having Vacation Bible School up there this summer and I wonder … Continue reading Christianity: it’s not all about me

Old age is not a disease

I had a birthday a couple of years ago. They come every year, for me as for most people, but this was the one that marked me definitively as being an old man. I told my family and friends that I did not want anyone telling me that I was 70 years young. I was … Continue reading Old age is not a disease

Do we well?

There is an account in the Old Testament of a time when the Syrian armies laid siege around the city of Samaria until the people of the city were about to perish of starvation.  There were four lepers at the gate of Samaria who were also near death from starvation.  One night they decided to … Continue reading Do we well?