J.J., My Little Brother A big part of my adult life has been the Big Brothers Association of Windsor and of Toronto. I have been a Big Brother to 3 boys and a mentor to another boy. My first little brother was a boy named J.J. He was the quietist and shiest of the 4 […]
Living the Kingdom on Earth
Posts by John Neposlan (Page 17)
Eternity In Our Hearts The human heart and spirit have a deep hunger for meaning and purpose. I believe this arises from the echoes of eternity which reside deep within every human being. These echoes of eternity reside within us because we are all created in God’s image. In Colossians 1:16, we read these words […]
Meeting Jesus Incognito One night, a shoemaker named Conrad had a dream that the next day Jesus was coming to his humble shop. He got up early the next morning and went to the woods to gather green boughs to decorate his shop in order to receive so great a Guest. He waited all morning, […]
Man’s Best Friend About 15 years ago, the movie “My Dog Skip” came out at the Theaters. It’s a great family movie. If you have seen it, have you considered why the movie is a powerful one? If you haven’t seen it, it’s a story of a boy and his dog. Willie, the young boy, […]
The Blessing of Bread One of the best birthday gifts I have given to my wife Colleen was a Bread-making Machine. She gets a lot of satisfaction making bread, and my children and I get a lot of satisfaction eating it. She likes to eat it too. There is something special about a fresh loaf […]
“I Am Thirsty” In John 19:28, Jesus is recorded as saying: “I am thirsty” when He was on the cross. It is one of 7 short statements Jesus uttered as he was being crucified. These 7 statements are known as Jesus’ “Seven Last Words”. The fact that Jesus was thirsty on the cross reminds us […]
The President and His Son On a certain occasion, several people were waiting in an outer room of the White House for their turn to see President John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office. All of a sudden, a little boy walked through the room and directly into the President’s office. The waiting visitors were […]
Putting Flesh And Bones On The Christian Hope In his book, Surprised by Hope, N. T. Wright demonstrates again why he is one of today’s most readable New Testament scholars. He combines a great intellectual acumen and rigor with a wonderful pastor’s heart, which is always burdened to foster the faithfulness of God’s people. In […]
Peter Kreeft, Professor of Philosophy at Boston College and a Christian, makes the claim that the strongest weapon in the world is sanctity. There is nothing that can defeat it. Kreeft goes on to write: It may sound strange to some people to speak of sanctity in connection with warfare, even spiritual warfare. Many “religious […]
One of the most escape-proof prisons in the world was Alcatraz. From 1933 to 1963 it served as an American Federal Prison and during that time 26 prisoners tried to escape but only 5 succeeded. Constructing Our Own Alcatraz Surrounded by the cold waters of San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz boasted high walls, double-lock doors, guards […]