The Niagara Peninsula of Ontario, Canada, is an area rich in history, for many major battles of the War of 1812 were fought in this region. This was a dark time for residence. They were farmers, most of whom were British Loyalists who had fled to Canada, then known as...
Last Friday I told a story that happened in my first school in southern Ontario. After two years at this school, the entire French Immersion program was transferred to a different building, where the school was shared between an all-French school for French-Speaking...
“It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.” (Deuteronomy 31:8 NLT)We’ve all been there: The urgent circumstances are completely out of our control. We are definitely “in the frying pan”...
On Tuesday, I told the story of how God moved my mountain -- literally! -- as my husband and I attempted to move 7 cu meters of gardening soil from our driveway to our new garden beds, one shovelful at a time, and all before the rains came.The garden beds are finished...
There it was. That little black line on the map leading to a remote hot spring in Grenada. And where there’s a black line on the map, there must be a road. When the entrance to the road was where it was indicated on the map, we took courage. We pointed the nose of our...
My father passed away suddenly when I was fifteen, and well I remember the stunned disbelief of family and friends at the loss of a vibrant, gifted husband and dad. In my memory, the funeral was surreal and muted; the still, pale figure in the coffin could not be the...
1 Corinthians 9:24 - Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. (NASB)Philippians 3:14 - I press on toward the goal for the prize for the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. (NASB)As you...