Tomorrow is the big day. Hallelujah!!!!! We are launching at Dunsford United Church , just off highway 36 between Lindsay and Bobcaygeon. Our house is electric with excitement.I’m sure it’s the same at Olivia’s home too. So here is one more invitation. Come and meet the author, Janet Stobie & the illustrator, Olivia Phillips. Sunday, November 12, 2017, 11:30 to 1:30…
Our books arrived this morning. I managed to post on Facebook a video of their arrival at the house. It took two tries but I did it. I’m sure I did it because I received an email that it was liked. I don’t see that video but obviously everyone else can. Today I delivered one…
The news media keep flogging the darkness in our world. Cruelty and selfishness seem to be growing. Wars just never seem to end. Hunger and poverty are not shrinking. In fact, with the population explosion in third world countries, it seems hunger and poverty are increasing. Sometimes it’s hard to hang onto my belief that…
Elizabeth Gets Her Wings Elizabeth is delightful. She’s enthusiastic. She’s a child, God’s beloved child just as each one of you and each one of your children and grandchildren are also God’s beloved children. Elizabeth is an angel child who is waiting for her wings. Just like us, Elizabeth can’t wait. She’s wants her wings…
This morning I read some wise words written by Madeline L’Engle in her novel, “In a House Like a Lotus”. I plan on remembering these words and applying them to my own life. I decided that they might be helpful to some of you. “There isn’t anything that happens that can’t teach us something, that…
Is faith a magic charm? Some people think so, but not me. Faith is not my “lucky rabbit’s foot”, or special hat that will ensure my life goes smoothly. Faith doesn’t protect me from failure, or accident or illness. Faith won’t even keep my loved ones alive. So what good is it? Faith is that…
A Story of Hope Norway House – Students at Helen Betty Osborne School Tonight we went to the Calgary International Film Festival to see “Our People Will Be Healed,” produced and directed by Alanis Obomsawin. This National Film Board of Canada Film, is a wonderful story of hope. The film…
I listened to a most interesting radio program, “Word on the Hills” this morning. Gwynn and Felicity interviewed today’s author, Reva Nelson who has done workshops and written a book on risk taking. As I listened, I realized that I started my life with a wonderful sense of adventure. My friend Nancy said to me…