The island of New Providence is just a shade under 80 square miles, and while it is one of the smaller islands in the Bahamas it is the largest (by far) in terms of population. I have only lived here for two and a half months, but with each passing week I am gaining a [...]
The islands of New Providence and Paradise Island have provided me with a very unique experience thus far. There is an opulence here that surpasses anything I ever witnessed in Toronto. But there is also widespread poverty here that is startling and heart-wrenching. And, incredibly, these two contexts exist almost side by side. Just last [...]
I realize the phrase, “Joyful Labour”, sounds like an oxymoron. And yet, as I read the apostle Paul’s description of his ministry in Colossians 1, I can’t think of a better description. Ministry can be hard. Proclaiming the Gospel within a pluralistic society can get you into trouble. Paul knew this first hand. Paul was [...]
I don’t need to visit cnn.com nearly as much as I used to since I came across these excellent blogs of Canadian missionaries serving in Haiti. The Van der Mark’s blog – I worked at Muskoka Woods with Laurens Van der Mark in the early 1990s. Laurens’ wife, Cheryl, gives a detailed account of what [...]
Paudler is one of two children my wife and I sponsor through Compassion Canada. Paudler lives in Haiti. It has been more than a week since the devastation began in Haiti as the result of a 7.0 earthquake. I continue to be stunned and saddened by the reports I’m hearing—tens of thousands, possibly over a [...]
