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Posted On DevotionalsDevotional: Come to Jesus
Devotionals by Chris Jordan “Come to me, all you that are weary and carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28). Life is hard, and it can be overwhelming at times. As I write these words, the sky is grey and dark, covered by clouds that are pouring out rain upon the ground, and it is cold. Finding myself both mentally and emotionally exhausted –…
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Posted On Devotionals
Devotional: Jesus is Precious to me
Devotionals by Chris Jordan “Unto you therefore who believe, He is precious.” (1 Peter 2:7). It is late one spring morning as I stare out the windows of my prison cell to gaze upon a bright blue sky, thankful that the days of dark clouds and rain are passing away. As I was reading through the Gospels this morning, I reflected upon the life of Jesus and how…
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Posted On RevelationLiving For Eternity
Will you go to heaven? Who will be with you there? Saint StuartJanuary 16, 2023 Dedicated to Queen Elisabeth II and my grandmother. The thought of living forever changes my outlook on life in a very positive way. Though my time on Earth is limited, I’ve felt often as a comfort of love from God that my soul will live on into eternity. I don’t know fully what…
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Posted On Humour
Can’t
I’ve noticed that the word “can’t” seems to be often misused these days, as if to indicate what a person would rather not do instead of what they are unable to do. For instance, someone asks of another, “Will you be coming out tonight?”, and the response is, “I can’t. I’m busy.” Being busy doesn’t actually make someone incapable of going out, it’s just a way of saying…
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Posted On Music
My Music Influences and Experience
Growing up in a Christian home in the Fraser Valley, I was raised on the Christian music of the local radio station then called 106.5 KLYN, what is now known as Praise FM. Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, Sandi Patti, Stephen Curtis Chapman, Geoff Moore and the Distance, Keith Green, Rich Mullins, The Winans, Ray Boltz, Paul Janz and our family favourite, Carman. Listening to The Champion by…
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The Ten Commandments: III
Saint StuartDecember 29, 2022 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.” (Exodus 20:7 ESV) I’ve come to understand this commandment as refraining from saying God’s name as an expression of frustration, as in saying a curse word. In doing so, we invoke His holiness in the midst of…
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Posted On RevelationForgiveness
Saint StuartDecember 28, 2022 Forgiveness can be tough. Someone brings pain and destruction to the life of another and we’re supposed to forgive them? What does that exactly mean? To forgive. I’ve grown up with certain conceptions of forgiveness, but until I began to practice it as the Bible teaches, I didn’t really understand how important it is to maintaining a life of true peace. To many, I…
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The Ten Commandments: II
Saint StuartDecember 28, 2022 4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on…
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The Ten Commandments: I
Saint StuartDecember 27, 2022 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me.” (Exodus 20:2-3) To me, this commandment signifies that God demands our focus and attention on Him alone when it comes to divine things or objects of worship. Until recently I often took this to mean…
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Posted On RevelationLife as God’s Kingdom
Do you feel God’s presence in your life daily? Saint StuartDecember 26, 2022 This Christmas I started to think about what it is to feel life and the world as God’s Kingdom– to feel enchanted, like a saint, or a mystic, or just like the person you’ve always wanted to be, feeling deeply enriching natural ecstasy, discovering enlightened moments of divine wisdom–theosophy–and seeing my life as a continual…
