September 27, 2025

 Let’s Wear An Orange Shirt. As Canadians, we see ourselves as friendly, nice. It’s painful to accept that in the past our ancestors supported governments that chose evil. From 1831, before Confederation, until 1996, our government established and funded “Indian Residential Schools.” The goal of these schools was to “wipe the Indian out of the…

September 25, 2025

  Since I found them, my birth family has given me much joy. Not every adopted child who searches out birth family finds the fairy tale ending of the journey. I am truly blessed with mine. In August, I spent ten days with my half-sisters. While we were together, we watched the first edition of…

September 22, 2025

    It’s Our Choice I’ve written so many times about making choices because our choices are the bottom line. They make a difference for ourselves and for the world. Even Jesus made choices: “When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him.  A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said,…

September 18, 2025

Why Go to Church? I’ve been pondering this question for a while. Why am I a part of a church family? What is the value of going to a building where a group of people are gathered to sing, to pray, or listen to someone else pray; and then listen some more as the scripture…

September 15, 2025

Went to the UCW fall gathering at Camp Quin-mo-lac. Had a great time. Reconnected with many friends, and made new ones. Enjoyed the program. Brought the books that I write. Had good conversations as the women came to shop and also tell me how much they enjoyed my books. Sure made this writing ministry worthwhile….

August 25, 2025

Sunday I led worship at Bridgenorth United. If you are interested in hearing me tell a story, please click on the link below. The link has the whole service. The story is based on the scripture story of the Bent Over Woman. https://vimeo.com/1112715018

August 9, 2025

Wow, I’m thrilled. Tom, too. Our new patio is fabulous. Our Christopher and his Century Landscape team are true artists. The whole process is wonderful. The team cleaned up every day before they left. Christopher asked many questions to ensure he knew and understood our vision. He has captured it totally and then some. This…

August 1, 2025

    Image by Oberholster Venita from Pixabay A Simple Guide for Behaviour My choice for daily Bible reading, is Eugene Peterson’s, “The Message.” Today’s reading is Matthew 7:1-12, a familiar portion of what we call “The Sermon on the Mount. In my Bible the words are underlined and starred telling me this passage has spoken to me…

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