PASTOR'S CORNER

  John 20:1-2 Where do you find comfort when life, or things are not going the way you hoped or planned.  There are many answers to that question, and I wanted to see first how the world looks for ways of comfort.  This is what I found the world is saying to each other. Reread a favourite book Eat a guilt free treat Do something easy and meditative Call a close friend Listen to lullabies Sleep with a stuffed animal Limit the amount of time of media you consume. Escape into nature when at all possible Allow yourself to be vulnerable   Then you have individuals like this that don’t care about finding comfort, as this one writer wrote, “I find comfort in the idea that life is meaningless and there is nothing after death. If there is no god, than there is no god. If there is a god or gods, I like to think that they have no concern for us whatsoever, that we are just a product of the infinite university that they've created. That there is noth...

  John 18:28-38 When people’s hearts become hard, the gospel will fall on deaf ears. People stop listening.   The world we know will not listen easily to the gospel message but what about the Church? Jesus said; He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches...” Rev 2:7.  It’s here that the religious leaders who were to prepare the people for the coming Messiah, is the ones who are trying everything they can to get Jesus put to death.  This is why Paul wrote, “None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him” these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.” 1 Cor 2:8-10.  When someone is said to turn a deaf ear to something, it doesn’t mean that they are deaf ...