Years ago, while helping to lead a children’s outreach with Youth With a Mission, I learned a children’s chorus based on Ephesians 4:31-32 (KJV). “Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, […]
Manipulation
The Dark Side of YouTube
There is a dark side to social media, especially on YouTube and TikTok. A toxic culture arises when the creator and viewer feed off each other. If a creator has a leaning toward narcissistic behaviour, they will give their followers a false impression that they are in their inner circle, that somehow they made it […]
Is it a Prayer Meeting or a Kitten Round-up
Ever wonder if you are attending a prayer meeting or if you are witnessing a bunch of kittens resisting being herded? “It’s easy to follow when we want to go where the leader is taking us, but what about when He takes a turn we’re not in favour of?” – Lisa Barry. Lori eagerly arranged […]
But Jesus Remained Silent
Isaiah 53:7 – “He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.” As the middle child in a family with five children, I had my fair […]
Don’t Give a Bad Attitude Along with Your Offering
There is nothing worse than being given a gift by someone who had a bad attitude about gifting it to you. Maybe they felt obliged, maybe they were doing that old ‘reciprocal gift’ thing and they are only giving you a gift because they felt obliged to do so. Whatever the case may be, their […]