Weekend Warriors

If you have a strong willed child, you understand that some days are almost beyond the endurance of even the best parents (whoever they are). My husband and I have been blessed with five wonderful children; two boys and three girls. All of them have strong personalities but one of them, more than the others,…

Have you ever woken up with the dregs of a dream scampering through your not-quite-clear memory? Sometimes, for me, the images are so clear, they are almost like a day dream. This morning, just before I awoke, I was swimming in a giant gorge. There were others around me and we were happily chatting until……

When I got up this morning and walked down the hall past the living room, the sight before me was one of the most special this Christmas season. One of my girls was snuggled up on the love seat, tucked in next to the tree, reading my Bible.  The living room light was off so…

Have you ever seen the list of the broken and failing men and woman whom God used? Adam – shifter of blame and succomber to peer pressure Noah – got drunk and slept naked Abraham – let other men have his wife; TWICE Sarah – gave her husband to another woman and then hated her…

This weekend, we had the opportunity to take our children (the teens) to a youth conference in Fredericton.  There were approximately 100 teenagers gathered together to grow their relationships with God and with each other. These young people billeted out into homes not necessarily knowing the families or other youth staying with them.  There were…

 When I was younger, I taught swimming lessons.  When I was training teenagers who wanted to become swimming instructors, I stressed the importance of saying what you mean.  For example, if you want someone to do better front crawl you don’t just say, “Do better front crawl.”  You need to step by step take a…