Tag "Alan Gilman"
Advent—A Messianic Jewish Reflection
As a Jewish boy growing up in Montreal, Christmas was a very joyous holiday of happy children being showered with toys. At least that was my impression watching television, since I didn’t have any direct experience […]
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Ottawa’s post-COVID Church—what does it look like?
As society looks toward a post-pandemic world, Ottawa churches are beginning to reflect on the past two years and evaluate the lessons. To help understand the big picture of the Church in this city, Spur Ottawa connected with six pastors about their church’s challenges and take-aways […]
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The bread of deliverance
It was not to some everyday bread that the Messiah attached these profound words. He didn’t pick up a common dinner bun that happened to be part of his last, pre-execution meal. It was matzah, the bread of affliction, one of the most powerful symbols in the minds of his disciples […]
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