My Story Telling Doll This year, for the first time, we have our own nativity display under a spotlight in our front yard. Our friend, Garry from Apsley made it by hand for us. For a month, I’ve been looking at the empty manger and wished baby Jesus was lying there. My sister, Anne, gave…
Christmas Priorities Advent is one of those times when I look at my life and reset my priorities. This year our preparations for Christmas look a little different. We’ve managed to get our Christmas tree up and decorated early. In the past, that meant a couple of hours of first wrestling with tree lights,…
Advent Prayers Tonight we returned from a delightful visit with dear friends in Montreal. For some reason sleep is eluding me. I wanted to post a reflection. First of all I am truly grateful for our friends. They have been a blessing in my life for over forty years. They always wrap us in love…
Gifts With Vision from United Church Gift Catalogues Gifts of food, shelter, education for displaced persons around the world. Gifts That Last For years now, our family members have drawn names so that each person could buy or make one special gift for one of our loved…
Blessed to Share When I was a child, giving God thanks for the many blessings we enjoyed was the focus of our Thanksgiving holiday. We started the day at Church. I loved the harvest decorations. I don’t remember a big family gathering. The four of us did have a feast with roast chicken from our…
Free Shipping and more In order to help small businesses, Canada Post is offering me free shipping for one parcel anywhere in Canada, on October 5, 12, 19 and 26. Consequently, I am offering free shipping to the first four book orders I receive in October. Once I have received your etransfer, I will…
Over the last fifty years our thanksgiving celebrations have morphed into a focus on family and food. In many homes, God is excluded. Church, family prayers, naming our blessings gets lost in the party. Many of us believe that we’ve earned it all through hard work and intelligence. The beauty of the world, enough to…
Image by Daniela Dimitrova from Pixabay I truly believe Dads, at their best are special, a blessing for their entire family, and wonderful models for their communities. On the CBC news feed I read Chris Tyrone Ross’ article about indigenous dads written for the CBC First Person Series. In it he says, “All I have left…