Category Archives: Living by faith

Summertime…

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… and the livin’ is easy… fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high… What IS summer like where you live? Besides hot sunny weather, what makes it “summer” for you? Activities to enjoy? Places to visit? People to spend … Continue reading

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On becoming myself

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I am participating in Diane DeBella’s project #iambsubject.    http://booksbywomen.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40251f201df2e2c799764d2d5&id=5f0ec05277&e=54a44a8aa0   Here is my story: My sister and I used to love looking through old family photo albums, giggling at pictures of our parents and relatives in ‘the olden days’. Wondering … Continue reading

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Christian Life and Witness Course *

Is there any word that strikes terror into the heart of a committed Christian than “evangelizing”, the verb?  I have always been afraid to do it. I’m not persuasive, I get tongue-tied and I feel like Moses did when God … Continue reading

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Reblog: Shall we accept the good and not the bad?

As so many of them are, Fran’s blog post this morning really spoke to me. It dovetails nicely with information I am re-learning, studying and processing in the 3-part Christian Life and Witnessing Course. I will share some nuggets in another post … Continue reading

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Springing into a new year

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According to the calendar, we are more than halfway through Spring. I wish the weather would cooperate! So do folks in parts of Newfoundland and Alberta, who had snowfall yesterday, May 6th. Not just light flurries but accumulations that required … Continue reading

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The Other “C” Word

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The Big “C” Everybody worries about getting cancer – don’t you? Some folks are convinced it’s a matter of when, not if. They wonder – what kind will I get? Will I recover? If it’s fatal, how much time will … Continue reading

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ONE SOLITARY LIFE

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JESUS He was born in an obscure village The child of a peasant woman He grew up in another obscure village Where he worked in a carpenter shop Until he was thirty. Then for 3 years, he was an itinerant … Continue reading

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Holding in the Storm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7RKiabgFCc It was a glorious autumn day – crisp and bright. Blue skies brushed with flame-coloured leaves and thick pine boughs. My friends and I drove to the small town west of us for their weekly Sunday afternoon visit with … Continue reading

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3 poems, a bridge

HEAVEN AND EARTH Your love pulls down My centre of gravity Its weight binds me To the earth. My eyes reach up To Sun and Moon and Stars Beckoning with a promise Of God’s love. My heart soars high Even … Continue reading

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The person I admire most

Sandy hair, neat-trim beard Sparkling blue-gray eyes Sexy Aussie baritone An irresistible smile.   Honourable husband Devoted dad Loving son to parents Kind compassionate friend.   Successful motivational speaker Man of deep abiding Faith Accomplishments Vast in scope Exceed his … Continue reading

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