July Thoughts
This past month has found me submerged in the beauty and peaceful surroundings at our trailer at Muskoka Bible Centre. While here, I’ve been privileged to sit under the teaching of some godly men and to enjoy some great books. It’s impossible to summarize all that I’ve learned, but I’d like to offer a window into this world of knowledge, encouragement and passionate reminders with which I’ve been blessed…and yes, convicted of on many accounts! I am not the inventor of the...
Read MoreMy Father’s Garden
Father’s Day is a special time to honour our dads. My father is in heaven and I’m left with only memories…like his garden. When spring arrived each year, my father would head for the backyard, rake and shovel in hand ready to unearth the “sleeping beauties,” as he would call his roses. As a young teenager on the threshold of discovering boys, I had no interest in his prickly flowers, wanting only to avoid the bees that rested on their petals to drink their nectar. I...
Read MoreI’ll Hold His Hand…and Fly.
For some unexplainable—and to some, maybe nonsensical— reason, I’m held spellbound by Canada Geese. I run to the window or stand on our balcony looking in awe when the honking flock flies overhead. I have a six-plate collectors set, Wings Upon the Wind I bought back in the 80s that commemorates their life cycle. And, I remember standing on Daytona Beach in 1978 pointing to several perfect V formations, shouting, “Look! They’re going home!” My friend’s response was...
Read MoreIt’s Not Over!
Throughout December we often see or hear and sometimes say, “Jesus is the Reason for the Season.” Each year I hang a small plaque on my front door reminding all who read it the true meaning of Christmas. Nativity scenes, the Star of Bethlehem, shepherds and wisemen are front and centre on Christmas cards and in church concerts. We may even hear Christmas carols played on the radio and, if we are fortunate, even see a Christmas-related story on TV. And rightly so! Without the birth...
Read More1965…It Was A Very Good Year
Doris Day is known best for singing Que Sera Sera, the three-verse song that takes the listener through the life of a little girl—from childhood, through young adulthood and falling in love, to parenthood. In each verse the girl asks, “What will I be?” or “What lies ahead?” The chorus repeats the answer: “Que Sera, Sera: Whatever will be, will be: The future’s not ours to see: Que Sera, Sera: What will be, will be.” Originally considered a silly song by Doris, she turned it...
Read MoreHonesty is the Best Policy
This past Monday (February 23) Doug and I left for Florida for the month of March. We crossed the border at Gananogue, ON, a route we don’t usually take, but we had planned on an extra few days to visit a friend in Pennsylvania and our son and daughter-in-law in Maryland. I was a little stressed about crossing the border, probably because last year I had been lucky in taking some fresh fruit over the border without declaring it. But to be honest, it had nothing to do with luck . I had chosen...
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