Category: Table Talk

December 3, 2020

Newborn Hope

by Mathew Block You are out walking in a place you do not know well. The sun has set. A chill wind begins to blow. You want to go home, but do not know the way. You are at the mercy of the night. Of…

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October 6, 2020

A Word of Peace in Troubled Times

by Mathew Block “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in Me.” – John 14:1 It’s easy to be troubled at a time like this. Health experts are warning that Canada is on the cusp of a second wave of COVID-19….

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August 5, 2020

Together, One

by Mathew Block “For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves…

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June 8, 2020

Seeing Jesus

by Mathew Block “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.” – John…

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April 6, 2020

A Long Lent

by Mathew Block Chances are you’re facing difficult times right now. As a result of COVID-19, many people are afraid, either for themselves or for loved ones. Perhaps you are struggling with loneliness. Perhaps you are grieving the loss of a job. Perhaps you are…

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February 12, 2020

Singing in a Strange Land

By Mathew Block About six centuries before the birth of Christ, Jerusalem was conquered by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. The subsequent destruction of the Kingdom of Judah saw the palace sacked, the temple plundered, and 10,000 people taken prisoner to Babylon, including the young king Jehoiachin….

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