Provincial Support Groups

Have you ever heard someone say that God can’t be a loving God because He lets bad things happen?  How about that the Bible is full of contradictions so it just cannot be true?  Or perhaps, “He just doesn’t care about me.” Last night, we were at a small group study and one of the…

The other day, I went out to lunch with my mom. I live in a rural community and our restaurant choice was a little café with fewer than a dozen tables, one waitress and a fantastic gift shop. The atmosphere was very homey and relaxed and there was opportunity for pleasant conversation with our server….

Surely it is the complete occupation with our blessed Lord in which self and surroundings  are lost to view.  When the soul pours itself out in adoration  and whole-hearted devotion. Worship rises above the joy of sins forgiven and of gratitude for blessings and mercies,  and centers the thoughts and affections  upon a person – …

Awwwwwww; I don’t want to; I don’t feel like it; Why???????????????; Not now; Grumble, grumble, grumble; You can’t make me; She’s looking at me; Poke, poke, poke, poke, poke…. If you have heard any of these things in your home, then someone’s been sportin’ a ‘tude!  This is how my children refer to the bad…

Forty-eight minutes twelve seconds.  That is how much time I spent with my eldest son this week.  48 min 12 sec.  That doesn’t sound like very much time does it?  You know what…it’s not. Forty-eight minutes and twelve seconds was the length of our phone call on Saturday afternoon.  I was supposed to go away…