Merry Christmas
Do you love small talk? Is your happy place in the center of a crowd and in the midst of much conversation? Are you a “get involved in everything” kind of person? As the leader of a support group, a parent, a conference speaker and a teacher, I spend a lot of time interacting with…
Forty-five minutes to travel six and a half kilometers! Talk about getting nowhere fast! On the road to visit our son in St. Jean sur Richelieu, we encountered traffic the likes of which we never experience at home. There was nothing we could do about it except wait it out. After hours of driving the…
Have you ever known anyone who was truly gentle? Someone who simply exuded calmness and radiated peace? How did it feel being around them? There is a serenity of spirit that comes with gentleness. I long to be more gentle so that I would be better equipped to draw others. Gentleness is an avenue of…
I overheard a teen talking the other day about another teen. The subject apparently had been working out and was doing some body building. The comment was, “It’s good he’s getting big muscles. His ego is so big that he will need the muscles to save him from the trouble his ego gets him into.”…
Ephesians 6:14b Stand firm then… with the breastplate of righteousness in place, In the account of the wicked King Ahab, 1 Kings 22:31 – 35, the armies of the the king of Aram were instructed to only fight the king of Israel. The mistakenly pursued Jehoshaphat but as soon as they realized their mistake, they…
Ingredients strewn across the counter, flour in my hair, succulent aromas, stacks of baking pans…my kitchen was put to good use today. We baked squares and cookies, chili and rice, cookies and cheesecake. The day was finally winding down. We were exhausted but pleased with our efforts. The meals we had prepared for the upcoming…