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Ancient Words of Life

August 30, 2019 by robert 3613

By Rhoda Klein Miller I was at the Vancouver Art Gallery last week to see the Alberto Giacometti exhibition. His sculptures are the product of remarkable talent and obsession with his craft. But the real showstoppers for me, in some way...

Mountains of Faith

August 23, 2019 by robert 3577

By Joshua Zhao At the end of June, Pastor Rhoda brought up an idea that we would go climb Grouse Grind and have our staff meeting at the top of the mountain. The view at the top was gorgeous, but the process of climbing up was tough. Similar to...

Hug a Tree

August 16, 2019 by robert 3561

By Pastor Rhoda Klein Miller Have you hugged a tree recently? Maybe quite some time has passed since you last embraced the trunk of a tree declared safe in a schoolground game or scaled its girth in search of new treasures and views. Did you...

Hornest

August 9, 2019 by robert 3479

By Pastor Rhoda Klein Miller Hornets! One of the staff cabins at Camp Hope had a small infestation of them. As you can imagine, when they awoke to the alarming sounds of buzzing wings they evacuated pretty quickly! Thankfully everyone escaped...

Shalom

July 30, 2019 by robert 3507

By Ryan Brousson In our lives there can be many things to be worried, anxious, and stressed about. The world seems to be in a constant state of flux. We are overloaded with information from all directions, and who knows what is true or false...

Set Free

July 24, 2019 by robert 3468

By Ryan Brousson Can you imagine what the Israelites were feeling when they were in Egypt as slaves? I find it hard to imagine, living in our modern, western world where we are “free” and generally prosperous. Yet, we are in a similar situation...

Moon Walk, Moving Talk

July 18, 2019 by robert 3473

By Pastor Rhoda Klein Miller Fifty years ago on July 20, 1969, many wide-eyed, slack-jawed faces were mesmerized by events unfolding on small curved and pixelated black and white television screens. They were witnesses to one of the most...

God’s Introduction

July 4, 2019 by robert 3341

By Edwin Darius After Moses ran out from Pharaoh’s palace, he spent the next 40 years living a quiet life as a shepherd –until one day, he encountered God through an ever-burning bush. As you know, for more than 400 years, God’s children have...

Multicultural Sabbath

June 27, 2019 by robert 3318

By Edwin Darius The Multicultural Sabbath is one of the favourite worship services here at OAC. That’s when we celebrate our differences and embrace each other’s uniqueness. People not only get to admire colourful cultural outfits and hear...

Reunited with God

June 21, 2019 by robert 3290

By Edwin Darius Once upon a time, a son wished that his good father would die. He got tired of living with him and made up his mind to leave the house. He went to his father and disrespected him by asking for his inheritance —which was ⅓ of the...

The Influence of a Father

June 13, 2019 by robert 3271

By Edwin Darius Once upon a time, a father and his young child were climbing up a mountain. As they came to a difficult and dangerous place to climb, the father paused for a few seconds to consider which way he should go. Then he heard his child...

Standing With Our Indigenous Neighbours

May 30, 2019 by robert 3228

By Edwin Darius The National Inquiry of Missing and Murdered Women and Girls that started in 2016, has just ended a few days ago. Based on the inquiry, Indigenous women and girls are 12 times more likely to be murdered or missing than any other...