Passion and Wonder
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. – Jeremiah 29:11 When we commit to playing our role in [...]
One Candle
“One candle can light a thousand and is in no way diminished--but actually resurrects in a thousand ways.” Ann Voskamp, The Broken Way, Zondervan Press, 2016 One candle. That’s what would have been on the cake at Willem Kees Huig [...]
From Dunker to Doctor (Part 2)
Support on the Path: Family and Friends It could be said for all of us. Unless someone has walked a mile in our shoes ( or tool belt or business suit or chef’s apron, . . .) they can’t fully [...]
From Dunker to Doctor
Alumnus Mark Dykstra's Story More than thirteen years after his last slam-dunk on the basketball courts at Edmonton Christian School, Mark Dykstra is still a student. As a Chief Surgical Resident at the U of A with an upcoming Surgical [...]
Drawing Straight With Crooked lines
A former colleague and Principal of ECNS closed all her e-mails with an Andrew Greeley quote : “God draws straight with crooked lines.” It was a reminder that God can use flawed people, like me, to do God’s purpose. As [...]
Miracles, Mud and MLAs
A Throwback-Thursday Glimpse at the Life of Alumnus Janelle Herbert “Every day is a miracle!” The smile on Janelle's face grows as she shares how, as a farmer, it is hard NOT to recognize that we are in God’s creation. [...]
Slow War–Ben Hertwig Shares His Story
We say it all the time at Edmonton Christian: "God has a role for each person in THE story." All WE need to do is find it. Simple... Right? Think again! Ben Hertwig attended both Edmonton Christian West School and Edmonton Christian High [...]