October 24, 2024

God’s Gift My study window faces west. Yesterday morning, even the western sky turned a dusty pink as the rising sun painted the entire sky with a blaze of colours. Starting with the brilliant orange ball that peeked over a cloud, scarlet turned to magenta, as its light streaked the sky. A spectacular sunrise, and…

September 24, 2024

Holy Moments Image by Arnie Bragg from Pixabay Even as a child, I enjoyed going to church. Back then, I didn’t have the words to explain why. I just knew that I felt good being there. By age ten years, I could have said, “The people are nice. I like being in the building. It’s big and ……

September 10, 2024

oday, I’m thinking about our lives as examples for others. Most of us don’t feel worthy of being examples. Most of us see only our own mistakes. Whether or not we are aware of it, in reality, we are examples for others. One recent Saturday morning, our friends, Ian and Sandi, invited us over. “Could you…

August 7, 2024

Image by reenablack from Pixabay In North America we are blessed with freedom of speech as long as we are not spouting forth hate and defamation. Still for people of faith, it is hard to speak of God. For some, the practice of outward symbols gives us a voice. Whether we wear a cross, a hijab, a turban…

July 20, 2024

  Image by lisa runnels from Pixabay “You Are Fearfully and Wonderfully Made”                Everywhere I turn this week, I have been met with the thought “You are fearfully and wonderfully made.” – at choir practice, in my devotions, the birds, my flowers, a small family gathering. What a great message to hear over and over. This past…

June 24, 2024

  Photo by Rajiv Perera on Unsplash   A letter from God? I think so.  Sometimes we question why we go to church. After all, most of the world seems to think we’re wasting our time. In the craziness of today’s world Sunday still offers the idea of rest and it seems like that’s the only “day off”…

June 18, 2024

Image by Hai Nguyen from Pixabay Today the sky is blue. I think the word is cerulean. I looked it up, but it didn’t help. The sky is blue, so blue, truly blue. After driving home last night in heavy rain and wind, this beautiful blue stretches my ability to describe. The lake reflects that same blue. The…

June 6, 2024

  Flowers on a Stick Always I have thought of flowers on a stick as artificial, often made of silk. Real flowers come on stems with leaves. Orchids have taught me yet again that things are not always what they seem on the outside. Two years ago the first orchid entered our home as a…

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