Sam Dick

An Audacious First Request of Jesus

Sam Dick — Tue, 07 May 2013 20:39:10 +0000

Sometimes I talk too much. Sometimes I write too little. This post is a bit of both. Check out this story I tell on video from central Thailand of Nut’s first request of Jesus. HEADLINE: A coffee shop owner named ‘Nut’ gives his life to Christ through the prayers of his wife, church family and [...]

Truly Safe

Sam Dick — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:30:48 +0000

“Don’t ever leave your house without Jesus,” I remember Didier telling me as we sat in a taxi. The Date: November 1997 The Setting: Rebel armies closing in on the capital, Kinshasa; waging a civil “coup de tat” against Zaire’s then dictator Mobutu Sese Seko The Scene: Three guys roasting in a stuffy taxi cab in [...]

Change of Scene

Sam Dick — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:39:52 +0000

Have you ever shown up on a scene where things were not as they appeared? I have a good friend who saw her husband facing away from her in a church lobby. She snuck up behind him to put her hand on his hip and head on his shoulder (I am not 100% sure but [...]

Praying For The Good Of It

Sam Dick — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:00:52 +0000

Last year I discovered afresh the power of prayer. I set aside my lunch hour on Fridays to pray and fast. They were often sweet times of communion with my Father. One hour regularly turned into two. I often eagerly anticipated those hours. Though I wasn’t extremely legalistic about the time frame, for me it [...]

Salmon Run

Sam Dick — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:06:14 +0000

Everyone knows salmon swim upstream. Attracted by the sound of rushing white water, they point themselves against the current leaping any obstacle in their way. Winnipeg, Manitoba is a city made up of many one-way streets. When I was in college these streets would regularly frustrate us. I can’t tell you how many times when [...]

Break It To Me

Sam Dick — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:56:04 +0000

If we are honest, all of us expect bad news with a degree of fatalism. We feel like bad news closes in on us. It starts “out there” as something that happens to others in other countries, in other cities, on other streets. Cross your fingers and count your lucky stars you weren’t in the [...]

Keys to Renewal

Sam Dick — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 02:31:33 +0000

Every now and then we need to go to our bookshelf, dust off an old classic and give it a reread. I recently gave that honour to Charles Finney’s Lectures on Revival. This book made me think and pray as I roll on my bicycle over pavement enjoying health, wind, and the occasional bug in [...]

Heart Renovation

Sam Dick — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 05:16:30 +0000

Some time ago, I sat with a friend of mine in his new car. It still had that new car smell. I think it was a BMW, I could be wrong. I remember the rain running down the windows in cold wet contrast to the warm super comfortable leather interior. I could feel the envy [...]

One More “F Bomb” For The Road

Sam Dick — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:17:26 +0000

He took one look at me from across the small Vancouver airport restaurant and came over like he knew me. With a handshake he introduced himself as ‘Joe.’ Turns out we had not met. Before long we were talking about life, politics, and God. It was Tuesday last week. Joe’s ability to string together cuss [...]

Not My Neighbour

Sam Dick — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 03:03:32 +0000

Some lawyers ask too many questions. One day Jesus is rudely interrupted by a lawyer in the crowd who poses a question,” What shall I do to inherit eternal life?” Rather than telling him to shut up Jesus responds, “What is written in the Law?” To this the man proudly quotes Deut 6:5, “You shall [...]