Have you ever read the story of Samson in the Bible? Even the parts that don’t make it into a Sunday School lesson? It’s rather appalling. I recently read through it, and there were some details in there I hadn’t noticed before. Or perhaps they were just so terrible I had conveniently forgotten them. As … Continue reading What Discouraged Parents Might Need to Hear from the Story of Samson
I’m only a month behind schedule with this hymn study guide, but considering what our family has been up to the last while, I’d have to say I’m not feeling too badly about that. It has been a busy season! After PJ returned from being away for thirteen weeks last fall, we moved from Prince … Continue reading Getting Back on Track
Finally I found a free moment to update the weekly family calendar for 2022! Our family is in the process of an interprovincial move…made even less fun by the biggest snow storm of the season, not to mention covid regulations and restrictions! Anyway, here you have it — a great calendar for putting up on … Continue reading 2022 Weekly Family Calendar
“It’s positive,” I whispered as loudly as I dared, after running back into the spare bedroom. I stretched out my hand to show my husband the first positive pregnancy test we had ever seen. “Really?!” he said. “I don’t even know what compelled me to take one tonight,” I laughed. “But for some reason … Continue reading Sitting Beside You
The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.Galatians 5:6b (NIV) Faith expressing itself through love. Faith — something we think of as so interior and personal and hidden in our hearts — works in a very practical way and wriggles itself into the outside world through love. To serve one another, to bear with … Continue reading The Only Thing That Counts at Christmas and Always
My Peace in the Puzzle 