Linda and Pat from Grand River Books Great Support, and wonderful friends and fans Festival of Faith, Sudbury, Ontario This morning, I read this question in well-known writer, Richard Wagamese’s book, Embers. “What makes us aware of your presence, mysterious loving Creator?” Richard listed things of spectacular beauty and love that I can see, hear,…
Image by mleonascimento0 from Pixabay Why Pray? Prayer is an act of love! It’s so easy to come to God in what we call prayer with a shopping list and expect God to fulfil each item as if God ran this all inclusive department store. When we don’t get what we want, we question the existence…
This afternoon, a box containing copies of my latest book, Dipping Your Toes, Too arrived on my doorstep. Tom took this picture. Dipping Your Toes, Too is lovely. I want you all to know that using this newest book, Dipping Your Toes, Too will give you…
Don’t Play Small! Recently I purchased a new journal book titled “Morning Meditations.” I like using a journal book that carries little messages so I have something to think about as I write. Today’s message was as follows: “When you wake up, it’s like opening a new book. Make your…
Coming Soon/Almost Here!!!!!! The Cover for Dipping Your Toes, Too is ready. My book designer, Sue Reynolds, and I spent quite some time deciding on a cover for Dipping Your Toes, Too. I dreamed of having many ethnic origins represented. I dreamed of a picture of happy people using my resource. I dreamed of… Of…
Our Wildest Dreams Since my knee replacement May 5th, I’ve been struggling to regain my morning Bible meditation and journaling time. Last Sunday, when I was leading worship at Bridgenorth United, my sermon/reflection was titled, “Dust on the Bible.” As you can imagine, my message was to remind my listeners of the wonder and…
Thank you everyone for your notes, emails, texts and phone calls, offering prayers for me tomorrow. I feel totally wrapped in prayer. What better way to step into surgery. The support of friends and family is so valuable. Second I had a wonderful day today. I had the honour of being guest speaker at a…
On Valentines Day some of us send flowers or cards to our loved ones, most often our spouse. We use this special day to say and do things we think about but seldom actually do. I just finished reading the “Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry” by Rachel Joyce. This book declares that heartfelt communication is…