From The Story of Ruth
By Beverly M. Wilcox Back in times when the Judges ruled, in days of antiquity, There lived a man named Elimelech, and his dear […]
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I Turned Off The TV and This Is What Happened
There is so much we don’t know. It’s been called the “scientific age” but we can’t even answer the question “Why do our feet stick to […]
Chasing geese and toddlers
I went on a merry dance this morning. A rabbit trail or, if you like, a wild goose chase. I thought that we were in […]
Losing Loved Ones
When you have a toothache it is very difficult to say to yourself “Well, at least I have teeth”…you are just in too much pain. […]
Driving Division
Reflections on the faithful pursuit of discussion within the church – and generating the willingness to do so. An open letter has generated equal […]
A New Way Forward
I’m torn about a letter that came across my desk recently. Its asks for full inclusion for people from the LGBT community in our national […]
Pain as a gift
We may not like to think of it this way, but pain is a gift. Most of us would rather not experience pain, and many […]
Where it takes me
I have turned the last page on The Inner Experience: Notes on Contemplation by Thomas Merton. It was wonderful. I was absorbed in the concepts […]
Keeping our eyes fixed
When I took the course for a private pilot’s license many years ago, I remember our instructor warning us to be very careful about pushing […]
Voting Day in the Playground
On Wednesday, Beangirl spotted kids with buttons in the line-up before school. On Thursday, Blue said that one of the kids in his class was […]
Vapour Trails
For most widows there are small triggers in everyday life that set off those tender memories that often stop you in your tracks. As ex-RCAF, […]
Are you afraid of the dark?
I walked out into the hall carefully shutting the door behind me. Only 10 minutes since I’d gone to bed but there was something (or […]
Displaying clarity
The telephone in my home office has a digital display. Lately, though, it’s been playing tricks on me, as you’ll see in the photo. Normally, […]
52 Weeks – 52 Books
I haven’t been around much here or on my own personal blog lately. Over the last six months we’ve birthed a baby and an autism […]
When Feeling Scared
When I was very young we lived in a small cabin out on the family homestead somes miles beyond the small village of Forest Grove […]
Working it out for ourselves together
It is a reminder to be plural. To be open to the difference of others. To be forgiving and tolerant and together. I hear a strangely beautiful dual freedom in this reminder.
Tomorrow May Never Come
I really shook up my Bible study ladies yesterday. We have had about four deaths of well-known people, in the last month and it had put us in a contemplative mood. I said…..”Let us now pray for the next one in our group who will die.”
Customer or Sales Person?
On social media last week, there was quite a bit of rancour over a video clip of megachurch pastor’s wife Victoria Osteen talking about how […]
Scars Healed
Thoughts by Jody Malm, Sheridan Lake housechurch. Written on a chalk board that I just seen, “Everyone has a battle they are fighting, you may […]
Away from Home
This past weekend, we’ve been on the hoof again. Another out-of-town wedding, another lovely, beautiful time. It is so good to be able to celebrate […]