How to Navigate Rough Waters
How do we handle the storms of life? Let Jesus be our example.
How do we handle the storms of life? Let Jesus be our example.
I’ve been blogging a bit while I’m in India, reflecting on the work I’m seeing God do in this most interesting country. In a recent post, I […]
Why do bad things happen to good people? Why does a good God allow suffering? Harold Kushner asked these questions especially after his son was […]
It’s the world’s most shop-lifted book! 50 copies are sold every minute. It’s the global #1 best-seller. It’s the most quoted and most influential single-volume […]
Monday morning and things started well. The Spouse was out of bed early, and there were kitchen noises happening. I sneaked into bed with the […]
“In the bulb there is a flower”, so goes a hymn we are all familiar with and love. I have certainly been humming it as […]
Hildy Stollery has many fond memories of her mother’s cornmeal muffins. When Hildy was growing up, the Vandermark family attended Knox Presbyterian Church, in Walkerton, […]
One of my daughters can pout like nobody’s business but should I stop to watch?
You have to wonder what life was like at home. The party is is full swing and social disaster looms. The wine has run out. The family will be dreadfully embarrassed and everyone is sure to remember this as the stingiest feast all year. Mary sees what’s happening and calls for Jesus. She points out the problem, putting it in his hands, as if he could solve everything. How did Mary know?
Today I got a hug…actually two hugs, a hello hug and a goodbye hug. Both were from a young lady I have known a long time.
My baby girl wants to be a teacher when she grows up. However she doesn’t need to wait till she is fully grown to […]
As you read this, I will be en route to Bangalore, India, where I will be providing spiritual direction to pastors and students (and possibly […]
You don’t know what you believe until you say it. This statement is at the heart of what confession is about. Words have power. Whoever […]
Putting my kids to bed on Sunday nights is always a little difficult. My youngest in particular hates to see the weekend come to a […]
New year, new start, and news to share. We’re pregnant. Baby #3 is due in July – an astonishingly wonderful bit of announcement and of course I’m grinning as I type this.
To those follow my blog you know I am a somewhat determined person, but even I have given up my attempt to keep fish alive…my […]
By chance, a few weeks ago I drove by Dufferin Presbyterian Church. Years had passed since I was last on Dufferin Street. Immediately childhood memories […]
Happy new year! Did you make any resolutions? New Year’s resolutions have gone from being notions for self-improvement and have become key factors in western […]
Every pen in my house appears to be empty. It’s my own fault really, I keep putting empty pens back in the drawer. This morning […]