Life

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

In my neighbourhood, when I am out for a walk and a person (or people) is walking toward me, we smile and/or nod and/or say hello. Recently I was in Toronto (the largest Canadian city) for two weeks, where I took walks once or twice daily – the weather was sunny and many, many people

Anyone who knows me well knows that I love the Bible. I read it through once a year by reading portions of it every day. It encourages me, convicts me, refreshes me, inspires me. I love the Bible. However: The sixty-six books of the Bible vary a lot! Some are historical, some are prophetic, some

“Are you okay?” my husband asked me. “Yeah, I’m fine,” was my answer. The truth was, I was sort of fine. That is, I should have been fine. But I was sort of not fine. There was nothing actually wrong except my attitude. Circumstances (one child was sick, another one was working at her new