Mike Mason's Blog
November 20, 2025
Nativity Set: Table-Top Meditations for Christmas
Nativity Set: Table-Top Meditations for Christmas
Robert Hudson, a retired Senior Editor at Zondervan, has written many books including The Monk’s Record Player and The Beautiful Madness of Martin Bonham: A Tale About Loving God. Hudson’s latest is Nativity Set: Table-Top Meditations for Christmas. Looking for devotional material for Advent? This book is a gem. Nativity Set is a series of […]
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November 7, 2025
Drum Taps: Walt Whitman’s War
As we observe Remembrance/Veterans Day this year, let’s take inspiration from Walt Whitman. When Whitman received word that his dear brother George had been wounded in the Civil War, he searched for him high and low in field hospitals. To Walt’s joy, George was eventually found, only slightly wounded. But in the process Walt was […]
October 23, 2025
The Sign of Jonah & the Revival of Love
The Sign of Jonah & the Revival of Love
“Do you think I have come to bring peace on earth?” said Jesus. “No, I tell you, but rather division. For from now on there will be five in one household divided, three against two and two against three” (Luke 12:51-2). We live in a time when this scripture is more than ever being fulfilled. […]
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October 9, 2025
Glenn Gould & the Group of Seven: A Northern Train Adventure
Glenn Gould & the Group of Seven: A Northern Train Adventure
On a recent trip to the east coast of Lake Superior, I rode the Agawa Canyon Tour train from Sault Ste Marie into the Algoma region, a round trip of eight hours. Back in the 1920’s this was the farthest north one could easily travel in Ontario, and five of Canada’s Group of Seven painters—Lawren […]
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September 26, 2025
The Symphony of God: Thoughts on the Body of Christ
The Symphony of God: Thoughts on the Body of Christ
Imagine life as a symphony composed by God, with parts for many different players. What part do you play? Are you a busy violin, carrying the melody with many companions? Or are you, perhaps, an English horn, with a very small but important solo part? Or maybe you’re a percussion instrument—a triangle or tambourine, let’s […]
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September 12, 2025
The Power of the Cross: Three Stories for Holy Cross Day
The Power of the Cross: Three Stories for Holy Cross Day
Listen to a short homily I delivered in our church this week in observance of Holy Cross Day. My talk is based on the Epistle for that day, 1 Corinthians 1:18-25, the famous passage in which Paul declares the cross of Christ to be “the foolishness of God, wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness […]
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August 29, 2025
Brian Doerksen & Mike Mason: A Conversation
Brian Doerksen & Mike Mason: A Conversation
Brian Doerksen, longtime worship leader and recording artist, has authored some of our most beloved worship songs, including Faithful One, Refiner’s Fire, Hope of the Nations, and Come, Now is the Time to Worship, plus many others. Back in the 90’s Brian and I were neighbors in Langley, BC, and now nearly four decades later […]
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August 23, 2025
Psalm 100: Ten Joyful Commandments
Psalm 100: Ten Joyful Commandments
Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth! Worship the Lord with gladness, come before Him with joyful songs! ~Psalm 100:1-2 We’re all familiar with the Ten Commandments of Exodus, but do you know the Ten Commandments of Psalm 100? This psalm is entirely written in the form of commands. The first three are […]
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August 8, 2025
Jesus Alone: The Crossroads
The disciples were looking around, rubbing their eyes, seeing nothing but Jesus, only Jesus. ~ Mark 9:8, The Message These words from Mark 9:8 follow the transcendent event of the Transfiguration. Jesus’ life was filled with miracles, and ours will be too if we follow Him, but following Him means fixing our faith not on […]
July 25, 2025
Julian of Norwich, Part 2: God’s Great Deed
Julian of Norwich, Part 2: God’s Great Deed
It is not hard to believe that God is love, or that Christianity is about love. But it is hard to believe only that—and to know nothing else. The uniqueness of Revelations of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich lies in this very singleness of vision—in the author’s pure determination to announce to her readers […]
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