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Jan 2025

Pastor Ruttan Here we are at a new year. It’s a time when many people look over the next twelve months and resolve to make some changes. In this short post I’d like to share two tips for more personal peace for a new year. Unless you’re a glutton for punishment, you probably like the idea of peace—not just out there generally, but......
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Testimonies from Teen Challenge
On Sunday October 22nd we welcomed Teen Challenge Canada, an organization who helps people struggling through addiction. We heard music and also three testimonies from women who have been through their program, or are...
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Our WPC love comes full circle
By Cathy Clark July 13, 2023 February 8, 1980 is a date that probably doesn’t stand out for most of us, but for Hoa Kien Truc (Chook), Diep Hoa Ngoc Khanh (Hing), and Diep...
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Six Big Christmas Questions–for skeptics, believers, and those who are just not sure
There are a lot of questions that come up at Christmas like: Was Jesus actually born on December 25? What does it matter that Mary was a virgin? Are there historical conflicts in the...
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Why going to a worship service reduces your stress
A new study suggests that going to church and worshiping God makes you less stressed. The researchers at Vanderbilt University say that non-worshipers have higher levels of stress and more risks to their health....
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What it’s like to be the Flanders
Remember the Flanders family from The Simpson’s TV show? They were Homer and Marge’s quirky, religious next door neighbours. Ned had those prim-and-proper sweater sets, and the kids had more Bible knowledge than many...
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What do they all mean? Understanding the words you hear during Holy Week and Easter
(Warning: The content about crucifixion is for mature audiences.) benedictus qui venit! Huh? I was in an airport a few years ago and overheard people talking in a different language. I couldn’t understand a...
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I just turned 40. And this one principle has repeatedly changed my life. Might it changes yours?
I turned 40 today. That means I’ve been alive for 1,261,440,000 seconds. Not that anyone’s counting. Based on the latest life expectancy stats, I’m a little over half way through the journey on this...
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The lesson my kids have to keep teaching me
If you’re like me and have young children, it can be easy to think you have it all figured out. We can pronounce “hyperbole,” play videos on a machine the size of our hand,...
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Did Jesus Really Exist? – My response to the strange claims of Maclean’s magazine
I’ve had a burden on my soul since Easter. That was when—just days prior to the biggest Christian holiday of the year—Maclean’s Magazine published an article calling the existence of Jesus into question despite...
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