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Volume 26, Issue 4
Can I Trust the Lord to Supply My Needs?
By Carey Kinsolving August 2025
fall down with a full coat of wool are said to be “cast.” They can’t even stand up on their own without help from their shepherd. OK, sheep are dumb. But that’s only half the story. The prophet Isaiah wrote: “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way.” (Isaiah 53:6).
“A shepherd will protect his sheep,” says Sara, 9. “It’s just like having kids wander off.”
Psalm 23 is one of the most beloved Scriptures in the en- tire Bible. Its simple, yet profound truths have provided comfort to millions for three millennia. My friends have plenty of ideas about what King David meant when he wrote, “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.”
We’re good at wandering off on our own trails. After deny- ing the Lord Jesus three times, the Apostle Peter was “cast” or knocked off his feet by doubt, self-pity and guilt.
Three times, the Good Shepherd asked Peter, “Do you love Me?” Three times, Peter affirmed his love for the Lord. Twice, the Lord replied, “Feed My sheep,” and once, He said, “Shepherd My sheep.” (John 21:15-17). The Lord knows how to restore us to fel- lowship with Him and useful service to oth- ers when we’re cast down and depressed over real or imagined failures. Those who stay close to the Shepherd will experience His protection and provision. The following variation of Psalm 23:1 from an anonymous 6-year-old might help the next time failure knocks you down: “The
“Every time you go to the store, you don’t have to ask for everything,” says Meredith, 6. Or as Haleigh, 9, says: “He will supply every need. I should realize that there is a big differ- ence between my needs and wants.” Sheep receive comfort from hearing their shepherd’s voice because they know he will lead them to green pastures to meet their needs. Jesus is the Good Shepherd who calls His sheep by name and sacrifices His life for them (John 10). God’s people should expect to hear God’s voice when they meditate upon Scripture and follow the Good Shepherd with a whole heart.
“A shepherd sings to his sheep,” says Katlin, 10.
Lord is my shepherd; I shall want Him.”
Not only are we dumb like sheep; we’ve taken a wrong path. But the Good Shepherd has made provision, says Nicole, 10: “He will lead you to make right choices. He will never leave you nor forsake you. He keeps you away from danger, and He loves you so much He gave His life for you. If we believe in Him, we will go to a place where there are no deaths, no sicknesses and no sin.”
Think about this: Nothing in this life can meet our needs and wants like fellowship with the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Psalms were originally sung. It’s easy to imagine David the shepherd boy singing Psalm 23 as he plucked his harp in the midst of his flock under the stars of the Judean hill country.
Memorize this truth: “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” (Psalm 23:1).
“I think it means we are His sheep, and we don’t know anything,” adds Olivia, 8.
Ask this question: Are you looking to the Lord to meet your needs and fulfill your desires? KidsTalkAboutGod.org
The prophet Isaiah also wrote, “And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” (Isaiah 53:6).
Of all livestock, sheep require the most care. Without a shepherd, sheep are easy prey for predators. Sheep that
Atheists And Drag Clowns Leading The Canadian Church
By ProphecyNewsWatch.com August 2025
truth. What’s more shocking than the performance itself is the fact that it is being welcomed and even celebrated by the church. The same church that once made headlines for proudly re-
If you’re wondering how a drag clown made it to the pulpit, the answer begins with a church that had already dismissed Christ years ago. This is the fruit of theological deconstruction left unchecked. This is what happens when you
laughing at the colorful absurdity of the specta- cle. It’s about asking the Church — the true, global Church of Jesus Christ — what exactly we are allowing to define us. Is it the Word of God, or the winds of cultural relevance? Are we interested in transformation according to the Spirit, or by way of spectacle? The Apostle Paul warned Timothy that a time would come when people would not endure sound doctrine, but would gather teachers to suit their own desires (2 Timothy 4:3). That time is not coming — it has come. When an ordained minister calls herself an atheist and still keeps the pulpit, and when her successor paints a clown face mid-sermon to express inner whole- ness, we’re not witnessing bold innovation — we’re watching spiritual collapse. Even sadder is the fact that Julian is a semi- nary student. This means institutions meant to train pastors are no longer forming disciples of Christ, but disciples of self. How will this gener- ation of leaders shepherd the flock when they do not even recognize the Shepherd? The Church cannot afford to stay silent while its altars become theaters for personal expres- sion rather than holy places of surrender. Christ is not a supporting actor in our self-actualization. He is the Lord. And when we forget that, the light goes out. This isn’t transformation. It’s desecration. And unless the Church wakes up, repents, and re- turns to its First Love, the clown show won’t be a one-off — it will be our future.
The sanctuary was once a place where souls came to be transformed by the Spirit of God, where reverence met repentance, and where the presence of Christ was both sought and honored. But now, in the case of West Hill United Church in Toronto, we are witnessing the tragic transformation of that sanctuary into a stage — a literal clown show. A drag clown, complete with full makeup application during the service, is being platformed not only as a per- former, but as a future church leader. Let that sink in. Julian Munro, known by the drag name “King Julez,” is not simply another performance artist pushing boundaries for shock value. Julian is a Master of Divinity student at Emmanuel College and a candidate for ordination in the United Church of Canada. In other words, this isn’t a side act. This is the future of the pulpit at West Hill and, increasingly, other churches like it. And if that doesn’t grieve your soul, it should. During a recent service, Julian — who identi- fies as a “drag clown” — proceeded to put on full clown makeup during the sermon, describing it as a “visual metaphor of transformation.” Not a transformation by the renewing of the mind, as Romans 12:2 teaches. Not a turning away from sin and self toward the cross of Christ. No, this was a display of self-transformation, a cel- ebration of personal identity, of queerness, of postmodern expression untethered from biblical
taining Gretta Vosper — an atheist — as its pas- tor for over a decade. Let’s not gloss over that. West Hill United Church was shepherded by someone who openly rejected belief in God, Jesus Christ, and the authority of Scripture. And rather than removing her from leadership, the church embraced her, praising her mission to inspire people toward “justice” and “being human,” completely divorced from any biblical framework.
remove Scripture as the standard and replace it with human ideologies — intersectionalism, performative identity, and self-expression. You get a church more interested in being “inclusive” than in being holy, more invested in environ- mental activism than in the gospel, and more excited about clown makeup than the blood of Jesus that washes away sin. Let’s be clear: this isn’t about being unkind. This isn’t about mocking someone’s identity or
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