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I’m not a patient person. I try to be, but more often than not I find myself becoming impatient. I have never liked waiting, especially when I think I know the answer or the right course of action and am ready to move ahead. I’m sure we’ve all been at this point at some time […]
It’s not unusual to see other vehicles in our driveway. One person in particular in our congregation will only stop by at the house to chat with my husband in his shop because he’d prefer not to be seen at the pastor’s office at the church.
I sat there in my floor-length dress, waiting for the worship service to start and feeling their eyes upon me. Some in anticipation, some in anger, some simply curious. My hands shook from too much coffee, and as I exhaled a slow breath to calm my nerves, I said the same prayer I’d prayed all […]
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 […]
My memories of Sunday School reach back to the old musty basement of our centuries-old church building. I can yet feel how the cold of the metal folding chairs we sat on seeped through my thin Sunday dresses. Yet the memories are sweet, mostly because of the teachers who opened up God’s Word to me. […]
“Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see” (Hebrews 11:1). For years, my husband has handed me theological books to read, works that he has loved and that have impacted him. Sometimes I read them. Sometimes I just can’t. And sometimes I wait. That’s the […]
Usually writing articles for this blog comes easy for me. I had many ideas for the second part of this series before the deadline compelled me to sit down and start writing. But every time my fingers rested on the keyboard, I would type a few paragraphs and writer’s block would hit hard. I’d leave […]
The first house my husband and I owned was perched on the edge of a tree-lined ravine on top of what is known as the Canadian Shield. Basically, it’s a huge metamorphic rock plateau covering much of Canada. It forms the basin for the many clear lakes that dot the northern part of Ontario, making […]
I was scrolling through Facebook when it happened. I thought of someone who had left our church a while back, wondered how they were doing, and searched for them to see what was going on in their lives – only to find their profile with the ominous “Add Friend” button. With a twisting sensation in […]
I’ve never understood the way Jacob treated Leah. Even as a kid the story of Jacob and his two wives bothered me. Why did Jacob never show any love to Leah? She was clearly devoted to him. We all know the story of their lives, which begins in Genesis 29 and continues through Genesis 35. […]
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