The above photo, taken in Peru during my 2015 teaching mission, shows the battle between choosing God (represented by the cross here) and the billboards representing the world’s temptations. There is a continuous battle for our minds. The Bible warns us of this and...
Photo: some of the publications by Stewart Brown Even after giving away many of my books, I still have too many of them. Just ask my wife Sandra about this! To keep my study room from becoming an unbearable mess, I needed something to keep my books together and...
My photo: an orchard laden with apples near our home “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing” (John 15:5, NLT). Each of us awake to a new day. However, will we...
Photo: I captured this inspiring scene during one of my past hikes -- Rocky Mountains, Lake Minnewanka, Banff National Park, Canada! There may be no greater joy in darkness than to know that we will eventually reach the light! Like me, you may have experienced...
Photo: Flowers in our garden Regardless of your life situation, there are reasons to rejoice! In my last devotional, I acknowledged that many of us can get depressed by various experiences in our life journey. The really good news is that God reveals through the...
My Photo of one entrance to Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens, Acadia University As I write this, each of us is facing unprecedented struggles and challenges in our world and in our local culture. During these new restrictions of life and in the face of a constantly...
Photo by Sandy Millar on Unsplash Always begin with God and His written word! When I was feeling lonely, incomplete, and looking for a young woman whom I could marry, it soon became obvious that I could not find that one “right” girl for me. In dating various girls, I...
My photo: mountain sheep following the leader on the highway near Jasper, Alberta Following Jesus is not enough to experience real peace with God and the peace of God! As human beings, we like to control how we live. This even includes our relationship with God. For...
My photo taken of picnic table beside beautiful Lake Minnewanka, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada “Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him…” (Psalm 37:7a, NIV) “You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, whose thoughts are fixed on you!”...
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love…always rejoices with the truth. It always protects…trust…hopes…perseveres. (1...
