Listening to:
Welcome to Diverse City
Tobymac

Life is sometimes sad

Sad news from Russia. Our dear friends, Len and Olga, lost Olga's mother this past week. I know they had spent many hours speaking to her about God and faith and all those things that have changed their lives. I know she made a commitment to God, but her lifestyle was typically Russian, sad, melancholy with little hope. One wonders at times like this...we have all had loved ones, dear friends and others who have died and we ponder their ultimate fate.

I always think of that scripture:

"Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?" Genesis 18:25

It comforts us that no matter what, He will do what is right in His eyes. It's a matter of trust with us, isn't it? God gives an individual every opportunity to establish a relationship with Him. And I like to think that even in those twilight hours, when life slips away, He still works in a person's heart...attempting to lead them home. He never really gives up on us, does He?

Never lose heart

Listening to:
Gladiator: Music from the Motion Picture [SOUNDTRACK]
Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard

Had a great lunch today with a dear friend, Derek. Thanks Bro! What a refreshing time to talk about God, not "the Rockets" or even work. I need more of that. It helps keep me focused on the big issues of life...on what really matters. I value those times more than you know! I come back in awe of God, humbled, thoughtful of His plan in everyday life, sometimes confused about it all, but knowing He continues to work among us...even when some of the news is bad.

2 Corinthians 4:16-18, "We do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporal, and what is unseen is eternal."

I just knew it!

How's your sense of humour? A new study is out.

We knew it all the time.

Why Islam is disrespected

Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby has written both a fascinating and disturbing look at Islam in North America. A great read!

National Post columnist Lorne Gunter has a blog, and it should be required reading if you want a fresh perspective on the news of the day.

Scandal in Canada

And so it continues. Everyone going goo-goo over a blonde, who, just because she looks better than our PrimeMinister, jumped ship and joined the Mafia, er, the Liberal Party of Canada.

I have a column to write for the Interim so I won't write too much here....it's just a chore to keep things hopping at my political blog without getting caught up in all the outrage.

Leave you with this quote from Robert Bolt’s "A Man For All Seasons" :

“Why, Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world... but for Wales?”

The wonderful world of 'Narnia'

So begins the story in USA Today. The new trailer is out, and so far it looks great!! Douglas Gresham, the step-son of CS Lewis, promised the movie would be faithful to the Christian message found in the Narnia series, and I have no doubt he will live up to the task. I heard Gresham speak at a conference a few years back, and enjoyed his talk immensely. I can hardly wait until the movie hits the theatres this fall!

Blyss: Storm

Currently Reading:
The Sacred Romance: Drawing Closer to the Heart of God
By Brent Curtis, John Eldredge


I just love this song by Blyss. It's not that I'm down, but this song says it all about life.

How long have I been in this storm
So overwhelmed by the oceans shapeless form
Water's getting harder to tred
With these waves crashing over my head

If I could just see you
Everything would be alright
If I had to see you
This darkness would turn to light
And I would walk on water
And you will catch me if I fall
And I will get lost into your eyes
And everything will be alright
Everything will be alright

Know you didn't bring me out here to drown
So why am I ten feet under and upside down
Barely surviving has become my purpose
Cause I'm so used to living underneath the surface

If I could just see you
Everything would be alright
If I had to see you
This darkness would turn to light
And I would walk on water
And you will catch me if I fall
And I will get lost into your eyes
And everything will be alright

And I will walk on water
You will catch me if I fall
And I will get lost into your eyes
And everything will be alright
Now everthing is alright
Everything is alright

It's a boy!! Congratulations!!

Yes, indeed! My dear friends in Moscow, Len and Olga, had their 5th child on Sunday. 5 kids in Russia are unheard of these days, where the abortion rate is astronomical. Len and Olga run the Model School of Tomorrow. On my varius trips to Russia I have had many great times with this wonderful family. Len and I still have to go back into the villages to look for the pieces of his Lada we left last time we were there! They are great and dear friends and are being used by God to impact their nation. We are so happy for them!

Time....

Wow...a bunch of time has passed since my last post. As usual, life is a blurr of activity. I did, honest I did, manage to get some "God time" Ahhhh, like a bottle of fine Pepsi on a warm day...it was truly refreshing.

Other than that, and that was indeed the highpoint, I am back from Vancouver where I was at a Board meeting, got to meet my blogger mentor Jordan Bateman, all the while keeping my political blog up and running, as well as beginning negotiations and plans for an interesting national blog examining the role of the media in society. Life is never slow..or boring as God leads and directs.