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The new year had begun and we were back from holidays. My oldest was in school again and my youngest was adjusting to his resolution to drop the soother. Okay, it really wasn’t his choice at all, but he was the one who willingly threw it in the garbage can! My middle child, however, could […]
Life has beginnings and ends, some welcome and others hard to receive, but most of our living is in the middle. Most prayer is spent in the “middle” too. Prayer first appears in Scripture in Genesis 4 when “people began to call upon the name of the Lord” (v. 26). There is no further explanation […]
Our first winter snowfall in our central Canadian town was commencing. Only a few blocks into our afternoon walk, the tiny pellets of hail came driving down on us as the wind picked up force. The “snow” was anything but fluffy and picturesque! Winter solstice may have been weeks away, but there was no denying […]
I will want to be the first to admit I have a hard time focusing when I pray. I struggle with distraction and fatigue. Corporate prayer can be challenging for different reasons.
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.” (Colossians […]
“I confess, I’m discouraged.”
Peter was a gutsy disciple who came out and said what we all silently wonder. In Matthew 18 the question of forgiveness surfaces following Jesus’ teaching on what to do if a brother sins against you in verses 15-20. In that passage the instruction is to quietly confront that brother and tell him his fault. […]
In our rural district hunting, gathering, and gardening are popular for entertainment and economic value. We haven’t given hunting a fair shot yet, but with a garden plot in the backyard our thumbs are turning greener every year. We are learning the seasonal schedule for berry picking too. Last summer we were expecting our third […]
God has placed patterns and examples around us to teach the virtue of hope. As parents, we journey with our little ones, seeing God acting in the pages of Scripture and in our world, keeping His promises perfectly. As He blesses us with many fulfilled hopes on earth, He shows us a glimmer of our […]
We had finished supper, nearing the end of a long day. Two children were on my husband’s lap with the third vying for a spot. From across the table I asked, “Do you feel like our marriage is seasoned?” He looked at me with a bizarre expression, wondering what I meant. “Seasoned relative to what?” […]
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