I’ve been thinking about how we are changed. I am a very different person from who I was in high school. But how did I become that different person? I think there are a number of things and not just one thing. Life experience and choices I’ve made have certainly shaped me. The hand that’s been dealt to me. What others have said about me and the way they’ve treated […] Read More
I find trust to be somewhat ambiguous. It’s hard to nail down. One minute I’m feeling fine and secure, the next I’m anxious and catastrophizing. All it takes is something to change in my circumstances to knock me off balance some days. I wish it wasn’t so. I wish I felt confident and secure all the time and that my circumstances would not have such sway over my emotions. I […] Read More
I read an article this morning entitled “I Am A Mother of Two Children and I Cannot (And Will Not) Support Feminism” and a following response article, “To The Mother Who ‘Can’t Support Feminism’ While Raising Her Sons”. It got me thinking. First, it saddens me that there is such divisiveness over this issue. The first article points to the extremes of feminism and uses that as the argument for why […] Read More
Canada is a truly beautiful country. I had been to the West Coast before but never to the East Coast and this summer my husband and I took a trek out to the East and saw A LOT of Canada. We took the train from Saskatoon to Toronto and then rented a car and spent time in the Niagara Falls area, drove through upstate New York, spent time in Montreal, […] Read More
I stumbled across the Momastery blog over a year ago. I love reading & listening to Glennon. Grace is such a big part of what she lives. Here’s a little clip of her (from The Work of the People): I love what she says at the end: “Grace is the only buzz I have left… and they will take if from my cold, dead hands.” I agree. I wouldn’t give […] Read More
I sense God the Father extending an invitation to me. An invitation to try, to risk, to step out of my comfort zone. I think He’d like me to start writing again, on a much more consistent basis. Although I live in less fear than I used to, there is still so much that holds me back, particularly when it comes to anything with the possibility of failure. What if I […] Read More
A copy of “Living Light News” showed up in my mailbox last week. It’s a Christian publication that comes around a couple of times a year. When I got to the last page and read the headline, I groaned inwardly: “No Cheque is Big Enough to Pay This Off!”. The picture under the headline is a zoom-in of a cheque with “NOT ENOUGH” written in as the ‘amount’. The article […] Read More
I’ve been thinking about dreams and disappointments lately. How does one balance the two? I was listening to a song by Hedley the other day, “Anything”. Here’s part of the chorus: Everybody said boy don’t go any higher (uh, uh, forget that) I can do anything Never push the limit and don’t play with fire (uh, uh, forget that) I can do anything I think there’s been a shift in […] Read More
I’ve been looking at the parable of the prodigal son in a new way lately (Luke 15:11-32). I think it’s more a parable of the hired hand. “I will go home to my father and say, ‘Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. Please take me on as a hired servant.’” (Luke 15:18-19) Twice the prodigal son […] Read More
“But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.” 1 Corinthians 4:7 (emphasis mine) For the month of December I decided to follow a Bible Plan. From the 1st of December to Christmas day I am reading someone else’s thoughts on the Christmas story. I never use these plans as I find I get more out of […] Read More