April 2010 | Insight For Living Canada

INSIGHTS MAGAZINE CANADA

Time With God

by Chuck Swindoll

I was raised to believe in the importance of a “quiet time.” To the surprise of some, the original idea of that concept did not come from the late Dawson Trotman, the founder of The Navigators, but from the Lord Himself.

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Active Ingredients

by Steve Johnson

We hear a lot these days about the active ingredients in our medicines. These are chemical substances that actually make the medicine do what it is supposed to. For example, the active ingredient in Tylenol is the painkiller acetaminophen. The rest of the elements, like food colouring and corn syrup, are inactive ingredients that carry the active ingredient. Without the active ingredient you can take all the Tylenol you want, but you'll still have a headache.

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Selfish or Selfless

by Robyn Roste

For several years, I was all about summer camp. The people I met at camp had a wide range of experience with God, Christianity, and with church. Sometimes the stories I heard would break my heart, other times they encouraged me. And sometimes I couldn't wait for the week to end.

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Everyone Stay At The Table

by Gerry Peters

It happened most every time our church had a guest speaker. At least that’s how it seemed to an eight-year-old boy. The preacher would always find a way to guilt parents into having family devotions. I still remember the shaking finger that seemed to reach way out into the audience. And I knew what would happen after our next dinner meal. Mom would give Dad a nudge to which he responded by getting his Bible. “Everyone stay at the table,” was Dad’s humble, and almost apologetic, request. He read and then we knelt at our chairs to pray—all seven of us.

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In Focus

by Phil Callaway

It's a wonder our willow tree has any life left at all. This spring the deer discovered it. Strolling through our yard from a nearby field, they thought it was a bark buffet. They chewed and ripped and chomped. But nothing seems to kill this stubborn little sapling: cold winters, nasty winds, or ravenous wildlife. Somehow it keeps springing back.

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Something About Nothing

by Ben Lowell

What does it feel like to do nothing? I mean really nothing. No demands, no noise, no interruptions, no expectations. That's difficult to imagine—even my leisure time is filled with something: a book, a newspaper, a television program, or a favourite diversion. Seldom do I do absolutely nothing. In our day and age, the idea of doing nothing appears wasteful, unproductive, and even negligent. There are always needs to be met, expectations to be fulfilled, and there is always something to be done. We are driven to maximize, not minimize, our valued time.