Welcome To THE NUGGET Summer Solstice, Part 2 June 19, 2021 With the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere just days away, my thoughts turn to how truly blessed we are to have sunshine. Sure, we don't get as much of it as we'd like to in December, but here in Canada we sure make up for it in June! As I think about this, I remember how endless those long nights of December can be. Isn ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Of Witnessing and Growing Summer Squash... June 17, 2021 In this, our first gardening attempt, my husband and I planted two summer squash plants: A yellow squash plant and a zucchini plant. Interestingly, they didn’t start bearing squash at the same rate. The yellow plant began first, and we are still having trouble keeping up with its abundant produce. We’ve had zucchini cake, zucchini fritters, stuffed zucchini, zucchini sala ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Of Witnessing and Growing Summer Squash... June 17, 2021 In this, our first gardening attempt, my husband and I planted two summer squash plants: A yellow squash plant and a zucchini plant. Interestingly, they didn’t start bearing squash at the same rate. The yellow plant began first, and we are still having trouble keeping up with its abundant produce. We’ve had zucchini cake, zucchini fritters, stuffed zucchini, zucchini sala ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Angels Among Us June 15, 2021 I have a favourite angel visitation story, found in Judges 13. It is the story of Manoah and his wife, who became parents of mighty Samson. An angel appeared to Mrs. Manoah, and told her she would become the mother of a son, a Nazirite (like John the Baptist), who should have no haircuts and go on to save Israel from the Philistines. She ran off to tell her husband what had happened, and Manoah pra ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Angels Among Us June 15, 2021 I have a favourite angel visitation story, found in Judges 13. It is the story of Manoah and his wife, who became parents of mighty Samson. An angel appeared to Mrs. Manoah, and told her she would become the mother of a son, a Nazirite (like John the Baptist), who should have no haircuts and go on to save Israel from the Philistines. She ran off to tell her husband what had happened, and Manoah pra ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Summer Solstice, Part 1 June 12, 2021 I didn't need the calendar to tell me. Nor did I need to look outside at 7:00 am to see that it was still dark. No, it was my daylight soul and Vitamin D deprived spirit that screamed the message loud and clear: We're approaching the shortest day of the year! The winter solstice is at hand! As I contemplated these facts this past December, I couldn't help but ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Summer Solstice, Part 1 June 12, 2021 I didn't need the calendar to tell me. Nor did I need to look outside at 7:00 am to see that it was still dark. No, it was my daylight soul and Vitamin D deprived spirit that screamed the message loud and clear: We're approaching the shortest day of the year! The winter solstice is at hand! As I contemplated these facts this past December, I couldn't help but ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Torrent June 10, 2021 Each spring, the melting snows flow into the Madawaska River. From its source in Algonquin provincial park, it spills from lake to lake, punctuated by hydro dams along its course, until it meets at last the Ottawa River.  The lakes rise and break their chains of ice, and one by one the hydro crews open the dams to release the pent-up waters to the waiting lakes below.  Often the dams are froz ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Boring June 8, 2021 "This is the day the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it." (Ps. 118:24 NLT) I was lying in bed yesterday afternoon after a big dinner. The television had nothing on that interested me. The book I was trying to read seemed boring too. Finally I put the book on my chest, closed my eyes, and let myself drift off to sleep. Suddenly, I felt a huge, w ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Only Sermon Some Will Ever Hear... June 5, 2021 Any serious Christian wants those they care about to come to know the Lord, but how do you go about this? So many are closed to preaching of the gospel. Many, even from other religious backgrounds, have become "secularized", and much of what is going on in the world puts a very bad name on Christianity. How do we go about sharing the gospel with those we love? ...Continue Reading