Mark Whittall

What a beautiful day! Isn’t it great to be outside, in this beautiful place, enjoying the sunshine, on a day like this. This is the day the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it. Today is the National Indigenous Day of Prayer, the Sunday that falls closest to the summer solstice on June 21 which is a day of great significance for our Indigenous siblings. Among the many great gifts that the Indigenous people of Turtle Island have given to us is their beautiful an

Have you ever looked at the stars? I mean really looked at the stars, from somewhere totally dark, with no city lights. A place where you can see the heavens in all their splendour. I remember once I was on a boat in the Mediterranean, anchored far from shore. It was a clear night, so I slept in the open on the deck of the boat. And when I woke in the middle of the night, I looked up and I was amazed by the array of stars overhead, filling the sky, all around me, too many

“When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.” Today is the day of Pentecost. Here we are, all together in one place. What do you expect to happen? Is the Spirit here? Will the Spirit come? Will we be filled with the Spirit? “Suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability, speaking of God’s deeds of pow