A Mountain Too Hard to Climb
Ten days ago I spent a delightful afternoon with my twenty-year-old granddaughter, getting caught up on where she’s at in life and enjoying a bowl of Bombay soup and a vegan wrap. We ate in a small restaurant in Brooklin, a town just north and west of Oshawa. And I’d go back there any day; the food was delicious! When I stood to leave, I noticed a large chalk board on the wall behind me. It was quite obvious that it was used to share wise thoughts and encouraging words with those who were...
Read MoreThe Hiding-place
As a blogger, I have tried to honour your time with a meaningful interruption in your day. So, please allow me to bend your ear once again on a word that is front and centre in my life these days. I trust it may cause you to ponder, perhaps even contribute in a positive way to where you find yourself on life’s journey. Discernment: having or showing good judgement, or as I have interpreted it, the need to understand and make a wise decision based on truth. In Philippians 1, Paul wrote to the...
Read MoreThought-Provoking One-Liners
Sometimes when you watch a movie, listen to a conversation between two people, or sit under the teaching of godly men (as I have done this summer), one-liners often jump out at you that are thought-provoking, often inspiring. And often applicable to where you might be on your life’s journey. For example, I heard this statement in a movie recently: “Each of us needs a good friend to show us the best part of who we are. Everyone has their weaknesses, but also we have a special talent inside...
Read MoreA Battle Won!
Most of us would agree that life is unpredictable: there is no way we can be certain of what lies ahead from one day to the next. Sometimes we win, as I’ve experienced recently with an award for my current novel. Sometimes the winding and troubled road of life seems to allow truth to fall on deaf ears, and it is beyond our control to help those who feel backed into a corner. The following is a story, penned for those struggling with such moments… when life appears as a winding and...
Read MoreA Missing Piece… or Peace
Of late Doug and I have enjoyed putting together puzzles, mostly 1000-piece puzzles. Not sure how this came about other than politely accepting one to take on our winter holiday two years ago. We never bothered doing another one again until this past winter when we put three together while we were in Florida. And then we went out and bought three more to bring home! It seemed that the bug of puzzle-making had bit! But now that spring is here—and my summer respite to Muskoka Bible Centre...
Read MoreWhen Truth is Not Enough
As I’ve journeyed through life, I’ve viewed telling the truth as pretty simple. It’s like a straight line leading from point A to point B: state the event and state the facts. There’s a quietness, an inner peace that comes when you know that what you’ve spoken is the truth. Besides, if you’ve stated the truth, you never need to worry about what you’ve said. Mark Twain said, “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” However, as to it being a...
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