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Many Hands
It is one of the yummiest times of year – fresh fruit season. Now I could also say that about homemade bread season in the fall and Christmas season in the winter and bbq season in the spring. But there is something special about savouring the mouth watering, juice dripping, sweet and stickly berries that…
With All
Did you ever do something half-heartedly? Are you a multi-tasker? Highly skilled in working on two or 20 things at once? Reading in Deuteronomy, there are a number of places where we are told to do something with ALL of our effort and resources. In fact, when I checked, the NIV cited 167 times when…
This is the Day
Tweet tweet, chirp, trilllll…. Each morning for the last few weeks this is what I have woken up hearing. Rain or shine the birds in the trees behind my house are celebrating each new day. So, do I? Every single day I hear those birds. Every day do I sing out? Do I proclaim the…
Tolerance
In the 60s, it was “Love not War”; in the 70s, the Cold War, Space Race, debates over abortion, Earth Day and a mixture of “optimisim, pessimism and cynicism”. The theme of the 80s was global warming and HIV. In the 90s, it was political correctness. In the first decade of the new century, it…
When Plans (Vans) Break Down
We have reached the end of another ‘school’ year and the highlight of the spring (other than sunshine) is homeschool conferences! I ususally don’t have the opportunity to hear very much of the speaker but this year I got to two workshops. Very exciting! What I do get – every conference – is tremendous blessing…
Kitchen Knives & Handcuffs
Traveling through airports can be a real adventure. Traveling internationally, even more exciting. Between the language barriers, security checkpoints and varying standards between countries, it is easy to get into a situation that has airport personnel asking questions. Recently, I was traveling throughout eastern Europe to speak at homeschool and family discipleship conferences and I…