One of the most interesting and successful sports teams in the last several years has been the United States Women’s National Soccer Team. They won their 2nd straight World Cup title in the last year. Both the American and Canadian women’s soccer teams have outshone their men’s National Teams by quite a margin in recent […]
This Sunday, the Christian Church begins celebrating the Advent Season. “Advent” refers to the “coming” of God’s Son to this earth in the form of a little baby. The Christian Church believes that on the first Christmas night, the second Person of the Trinity came out of the Godhead and became a vulnerable baby, born […]
Tomorrow is The Epiphany in the Christian calendar. It is celebrated twelve days after Christmas. Epiphany literally means ‘revealing‘. In the Christmas season of Advent, we prepare ourselves for the coming of God’s glorious light into the world – His Son Jesus. In John 1:18 we read these words: “No one has ever seen God, but the one […]
One of the most enjoyable and inspiring movies I have ever watched is Mr. Holland’s Opus. It came out about 20 years ago. Mr. Holland aspired to be a great music composer in his life. But because of various circumstances, he ended up teaching music to high school students. It was a job he really […]
Last Tuesday my wife Colleen and I attended a performance of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra at the Jewish Community Center. Only a part of the WSO were performing under the leadership of the WSO’s Assistant Conductor, Peter Wiebe. They played several pieces written by Jewish composers, such as George Gershwin and Felix Mendelssohn. God’s Beauty […]
Last Saturday, the Detroit Tiger Baseball Chaplain, Jeff Totten, coordinated his 31st Home Plate outreach before the Tigers-White Sox game at CoAmerica Park. Home Plate is a ministry where Christian players, active and retired, share their testimony of how they came to faith in Christ. It takes place in the morning of an afternoon ballgame. […]
When I was getting to know Colleen, who eventually became my wife, one of our dates was seeing a performance of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra. My wife tells me it was a concerto, whatever that is. I was not familiar with the musical piece they were playing nor fully understanding the nuances of the concerto […]