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Don’t you love this time of year? The season of Advent, the season of waiting. In the eyes of a child minutes turned into hours, hours into days and days into weeks. Not so many years ago Sears and Eatons catalogues were dog-eared from us going through them time and time again. There is an […]
There’s no doubt about it! We’re living in troubled times. The news is full of weather related catastrophes, people are starving in parts of Africa, government leaders are corrupt, innocent people are getting killed in war ravaged countries, and on it goes. With news like that, one could become seriously depressed or alarmed. Yet, is […]
“The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts.” Psalm 28:7
In Joyland (Sunday School), we are currently learning about the story of how Jesus walked on water and rescued Peter when Peter, at Jesus’ invitation, got out of the boat and tried to walk on water to Jesus. Peter was doing […]
Unfortunately, we all have a great tendency to worry, even though much of what we worry about never happens. How many of you have drifted pleasantly off to sleep only to awaken in the middle of the night with worries on your mind, or perhaps you never got to sleep in the first place?
Ralph Waldo […]
This morning as we attended church and listened to the reflection on this Thanksgiving Sunday, I thought how wonderful it would be to always be as mindful about being thankful, not just at Thanksgiving, but on every day of the year. We who have so much certainly have much for which to be thankful, because […]
I’ve been sitting out on our deck watching the birds flit through the trees calling out their joyful greetings to one another (at least joyful for me), and it made me think of other days I’ve sat on the deck contemplating the world beyond our apartment. Some days the wind is so strong that the trees […]
Each morning, we awaken to the songs of the birds through our open bedroom window. I can think of no sweeter way to begin the day than awakening to the sound of birds singing as they greet the day. If I am very fortunate, I awaken to hear the “dawn chorus” and then fall asleep […]
We’ve recently down-sized – sold our house and moved into an apartment. Here’s what I’ve learned about moving and the parallels it has with life.
1. Start early and clean out the clutter. We’ve been married for almost 43 years and we’ve lived in our last home for 31 years. We accumulated not only our own […]
I’ve been going through some of our music books lately, and I came across the song, “They’ll Know We Are Christians by Our Love”. That started me thinking about what that love would look like. What form would it take? And so I came up with the following:
1. Christians would show love and respect for […]
SWEET PEACE, THE GIFT OF GOD’S LOVE
You may recall the hymn, Sweet Peace, the Gift of God’s Love, written by Peter P. Billhorn. The words of that old hymn came to me today as I was sorting some items in preparation for moving, and I was thinking about all that was left to do. It […]
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