“You Better Be Right!” Sometimes in my role as clergy, I find myself living and especially, being, the faith that others need. When grief and fear overwhelm us, we want to believe, though it’s hard. God seems far away. I remember declaring my belief in future life with God at the end of a Celebration…
“We need someone to chair this committee, please.” All eyes turn to the floor. Silence echoes around the room. The silent self-talk, “Not me. Not me.” A number of years ago, I wrote a children’s book titled “Elizabeth Gets Her Wings.” Elizabeth, a young angel, wanted her wings immediately, before God’s appointed time. She decided…
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…
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…
This weekend I participated in the East Central Ontario Annual General Meeting in Bowmanville. It was wonderful. Not only did I have fun and renew friendships, my energy was renewed, my faith deepened by the worship and the sharing, but I sold forty of my books. The planning committee gave me the opportunity to share…
Celebrating Mothers is a special privilege for me. I was blessed with two wonderful mothers. Today I want to tell you something special about my mother who adopted me at age fifteen months. She gave me many things. One of the most important was an introduction to, and an example…
Tonight Tom and I, and our friends had a truly inspirational experience. We were blessed with being able to attend a performance of the Peterborough Theatre Guild’s production of “Joseph and His Technicolour Dreamcoat”. I’ve seen this play several times, even in Toronto with Donnie Osmond as Joseph. Tonight’s performance was the best ever. First…