I have been in want of a loonie (our Canadian $1 coin) more times than I can count when stopping for groceries at No Frills. And shopping for a family of six with a little handheld basket is next door to impossible. But without that shiny gold coin, the big yellow carts are off limits. It’s an … [Read more...] about Learning to Listen One Loonie at a Time
Love
A Test and a Trust: Lessons From Spike
Never let loyalty and kindness leave you! Tie them around your neck as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart. - Proverbs 3:3, (NLT) A few months after losing our beloved senior dog, a friend shared an advertisement from a rescue group looking to place a large male chocolate lab. They had … [Read more...] about A Test and a Trust: Lessons From Spike
Nowhere To Hide
As I write this, I am driving with my family across a vast, wintry prairie. Aside from the narrow strip of bare pavement straight ahead of us, the entire landscape is pure white. And there is really no definite horizon where the snow-stuffed clouds meet the snow-laden fields. Saskatchewan’s living … [Read more...] about Nowhere To Hide
Searching The Heart
Finding God in Ordinary Places Part 3 As a young wife I wanted to please and encourage my husband. I wanted him to see Christ in me. Doing things for him was one of the ways I did that. One Saturday I decided to wash his car. I vacuumed the carpet and the seats. I dusted and polished the dash … [Read more...] about Searching The Heart
Where You Already Are
“I don’t think God’s wowed when we go across an ocean, I think he’s dazzled when we go across the street. Make it happen right where you already are.” - Bob Goff When I was younger, somewhere in my high school years, I was set on a dream — to travel to Africa. Africa was my mission, my purpose, … [Read more...] about Where You Already Are
More Like Jesus
We live in a world that is constantly telling us, “You’re perfect just the way you are!” and “Don’t change in any way!” Turn on the radio, boot up Netflix, or scroll social media and it won’t be long before some variation of that message is blasted at you in song, script, or a quote written in some … [Read more...] about More Like Jesus
