Crisis Experiences
A month ago today hundreds of friends joined our family as we celebrated the life of my brother Doug. Through tearful words at the suddenness of his death or understanding smiles that surfaced with a memory, many hugged and shared stories and anecdotes of their love for such a good man. One friend said, “Doug was a dear man who loved life and lived it to the fullest.” Fondly known as Dougie by his dear wife, Janet, my brother left a legacy of love, compassion, and dedication...
Read MoreGod Came in Human Flesh
Over the centuries, multiple efforts have been made to document, confirm, support— and sadly, vilify— the birth of the Son of God. Ultimately, only God’s Word is the source to which we can turn for the truth regarding the birth of Jesus Christ. “This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 1:18). Nothing more can be added to the...
Read MoreWhy the Shepherds? Why the Sheep?
Did you ever wonder why God chose the Bethlehem shepherds to visit the Baby Jesus immediately following His birth? What made them so special that God would choose them over the elite in society? Perhaps it was because they were good, gentle, humble men, always on the lookout for injured or lost sheep. And it’s pretty much a known fact that they would fight to protect their flock, even risking their own lives. It would be easy to see them as heroes! But then I learned...
Read MoreDoing What We Can, All That We Can, While We Can.
I’ve been troubled of late; life can do that. Some things will never reach my blog page, but others will, such as the needless death of a fourteen-year-old high school student in Hamilton. Confrontation over a stolen bike, messages and threats over social media, and weeks-long bullying ended with the death of Devan Bracci-Selvey. Stabbed in the back by another fourteen-year-old on a street behind his school, he was held in his mother’s arms as she waited for the ambulance. Devan died in...
Read MoreBroken Spirit or Submitted Will
I love horses! They are majestic, intelligent, and faithful animals that are next to an elephant in the never forget department. Those who care for and love these amazing creatures on a daily basis have earned my admiration and respect. Admittedly, my knowledge of horses would be equivalent to a drop in a bucket and, equally as much, my involvement with them; nevertheless, I recall a standard rule for taming a wild horse: break its will but never its spirit. The most popular term used today is...
Read MoreSoul-Searching Questions to Define Beauty
Ralph Waldo Emerson said this about beauty: “Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.” Recently, I had the opportunity to speak on the topic of beauty, linking it with the biblical perspective that beauty is not what we see on the surface but what comes from within, from our hearts. I spoke to an audience of women from various walks and stages of life: single women, parents and grandparents, as well as widows. Admittedly, I took...
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