Do you feel like you are going through life as a Jane Doe? You’re pretty, “in a plain sort of way.” Are you feeling drab and colourless in a world of beautiful, perfect women? Do you feel unheard around others, even when you try to join in? Going unnoticed can be a good thing. A … Continue reading Going Unnoticed
Newborn babies, non-stop toddlers, toilet training, learning challenges, school drama, hormones, and learning to let go, step back and coach from the sidelines. We often don’t know what the right choice is. Conflicting opinions and studies ping-pong inside our brains causing taut muscles, clenched bellies and restless souls. We are left wondering how we are … Continue reading Does Life Seem Messy?
What wakes you up at night? I really want to know, as I gaze out over The moonlit snow. What makes your eyelids pop in the dark of the night? Moths in your brain seeking a path of light? What makes your heart thump-thump, tap-dancing in your chest? A fist of anxious fear stealing your … Continue reading What Wakes You?
How was your Mother’s Day?Was it all you dreamed it would be, surrounded by your children being showered with love, gifts and pampering? Or did disappointment fill your day instead, from being slighted, underappreciated, overlooked or forgotten? Were some missing due to estrangement, neglect, or health problems? Is there a lingering hole in your heart … Continue reading Happy Mother’s Day?
“Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD; O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive To my cry for mercy. If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared.” Psalm 130: 1-4 With each stumbling … Continue reading Out of the Depths
Word and Light. Those are the two main descriptors John uses for the Lord in the opening verse of his gospel. THE Word, THE light. It seems inconceivable that the One who created the universe, galaxies, our world, and us, came into it and was not known. Yet, it still happens now. Even as one … Continue reading Word and Light
Lately, I have heard, and read a lot about only women being present at the foot of the cross, and all the men deserting Christ. Satan likes to divide. And he finds easy prey in the battle of the sexes. Oh, how we love to puff ourselves up, by seizing any opportunity to prove women … Continue reading It’s a Trap!
The grey asphalt with its twin ribbons of yellow stretched out before us. Outside the passenger window, various heights, lengths, and shades of green nourished my soul. Resting on the horizon above stretched a fluffy white vista of mountains and valleys, like another land or a far-off, unknown world. As a girl, I loved lying … Continue reading A Far-off Country
The day was like any other, despite the butterflies and spontaneous smile that crossed her lips whenever she thought of Joseph. Soon they would be married, and she would begin the life she had dreamed of since she was a young girl; a godly husband, her own home, and children, by Yahweh’s grace. Her little … Continue reading Mary Most Favoured
“Oh, Lord, please help me get there on time!”, I prayed aloud as I sped along the city streets to get home. My firstborn son, in kindergarten, was due to be dropped off. Daniel was a shy, anxious child. I knew if I was not home to greet him, it would cause him stress. The … Continue reading Forget Not