Why Can’t We All Just Get Along? ~ Pastor Gary

Humans have two fundamental forces that seem to contradict and work against each other: we long to belong – to be loved and accepted; and we long to be unique. Pop singers from Bob Marley (“One Love”) to the Black Eyed Peas (“Union”) cry out for a humanity that...

So Great a Salvation ~ Pastor Gary

Knowing Pastor Andrew was preaching from Hebrews 2 this Sunday, I thought of the warning the writer of Hebrews places in verses 1-4: “Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it…(for) how shall we escape if...

Three D’s of Evangelism ~ Pastor Gary

Have you ever found yourself wanting to initiate a conversation about God, but struggled to know where to start? Whether it is with a long time friend, a family member, or total stranger, discerning the opportunity we have for meaningful spiritual conversations often...

The Hope of the Resurrection ~ Pastor Gary

Resurrection Sunday is coming! He is risen! He is risen indeed! These proclamations will ring throughout Christian churches all over the world this Sunday. There are many elements of Christ that reveal to us his uniqueness. He is unique in nature as the only...

Accept This Substitute ~ Pastor Gary

In high school I spent four summers working in a restaurant, three of them as a server. I worked at Victoria Park Restaurant in Niagara Falls Ontario, next to the illumination station that lights up the Horseshoe Falls so strikingly each evening. It was a great...

de Vinci’s Dinner ~ Pastor Gary

Just coming off of a Communion Sunday and heading into a Sunday that has Jesus’ last meal with his disciples as the text has had me reflecting further upon the Lord’s Supper. Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper captures not only a powerful theological moment, but a...