For the last seven years, I’ve enjoyed my summer writing sanctuary. Filled with flowers it’s been a place of peace and inspiration. The difficulty has been is that this beautiful place does not share well. It’s actually crowded when there are more than two people to enjoy my sacred spot. For several years Tom and…
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,…
Respect Image by Ilham Nor from Pixabay Today we travelled home from Sudbury. The sun shone all the way. I’m hoping that Father’s everywhere had a great day. Father’s are much more involved with their children in today’s world. That’s a wonderful blessing for the whole family. This past week we enjoyed a family meal with my…
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…
Mom, Irene Yesterday I saw a video of two donkey mothers whose babies were born at exactly the same time. One baby was still born. The miracle in this story is that both mothers have happily claimed the one baby and the baby has claimed both mothers. This little family of three trots around the…
Hello everyone. For me today is special. I was born on April 23, many long years ago. At my age, birthdays carry lots of meaning. I’ve been blessed with eighty-one wonderful years of living. Wonderful family and friends add to the excitement of life. And I’m still writing. Last week, I released my second…
Image by WikimediaImages from Pixabay On Easter Saturday, my daily readings took me to a favourite author, Madeline L’Engle. In her novel, Dragons in the Waters, she declares, “We believe that everything is dependent on everything else, that the Power behind the stars has not made anything to be separate from everything else.”…
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…