Author name: Mark Diller Harder

Living as God’s People: Leaders in the Land Calling The Young 1 Samuel 3 There was an age and era of family life and parenting where children and youth were told to ‘be seen and not heard.’ Some of you may remember that or have grown up like that. It was a time

Matthew 17:1-13 As you know, I love to go hiking, and love hikes that take me into the mountains.  I have shared some of these stories and pictures over the years. Some might say that this is a rather silly pursuit – it takes so much effort to climb a mountain – so

To start off the summer, Rachel and I had a wonderful week camping at The Pinery, our favourite Southern Ontario Provincial Park. We happened to be 10 minutes away from the Huron County Playhouse, part of Drayton Entertainment, so we took in a performance of Fiddler on the Roof. As we looked around,

Come, let us go up to the Mountain of God Micah 4:1-4 I grew up with a story told by my parents from when I was 4 years old. It was told so often, I almost remember it myself. We were hiking in the mountains in Jasper National Park after taking the gondola

We can Welcome All People Acts 10 ‘So it is with the Spirit of God.’ Our story today from Acts 10 is truly a remarkable story, a radical story, a stunning story of the working of the Spirit. It is a story rooted in the power of prayer and in hospitality, and brimming

Acts 2: 1-39 How does he do it?  How is it that Peter is able to preach such a powerful sermon on the day of Pentecost? After all he has gone through! After all his doubts, his recklessness, his abandonment and denials, his fragility, his insecurity? How can he preach after just being