Life

Perfect peace sounds like a fantasy, doesn’t it? I mean, how is that possible? It’s quite simple, really: “You keep him in prefect peace    whose mind is stayed on you,    because he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever,    for the LORD God is an everlasting rock” (Isaiah 26:3-4). It’s all […]

Re-reading “Maria,” the autobiography of Maria Von Trapp of “Sound of Music” fame, I enjoyed her description of the time she was answering questions after speaking at a university. A philosophy student said, “Mrs. von Trapp, you come from a large family don’t you? You must have had a very happy childhood.”  Maria hated to

Reviewing children’s picture books always makes me think. The books tend to be colourful and have good rhymes or at least a pleasing rhythm and often a story that is delightful, but simple. And yet, I am noticing that if I pause for even a few moments, there is often a profound message. That’s what

I identify as an optimist, who has tended to see the glass not just half full, but mostly full! However, the last few years have seen not only myself, but other extreme optimists, disheartened by events unfolding in our country and in the world. The other day, however, I was reading a children’s picture book

There are many different places in the Bible where Jesus says a similar thing – it’s something we all know pretty instinctively: “For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor

While I was walking recently in my favourite park by the river, I noticed some workers putting a few fake coyotes by the pond where many geese hang out. The goal is to scare the geese away, as they make a mess pooping all over the walks. The next day I noticed that the decoys

The answer to “Is your God too small?” has got to be “yes,” because after all, how can we finite, created human beings fully grasp the infinite Creator? But we can at least make a good start! “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork” is how Psalm 19

“I’m so ugly!” I said to my mother as we were walking to the store one day. I was around eight years old at the time. “Looks don’t count!” was my mother’s response. She was trying to teach me good values. She was right, but she was wrong. She was right in the sense that

These are difficult times we are living in for many reasons. Some days things seem pretty dark. But always there is hope. The words below the photo were spoken thousands of years ago by the prophet Jeremiah. Things were so very bleak for his people (my people – the Jewish people) and for him, personally.

I was on a walk today, and I saw this: I took a closer look and saw this: And then I focused even closer and saw this: How beautiful! But only after I took the time to look up close – to focus on the beauty that was not noticeable from a glance or from