"I am sure that God who began the good work within you will keep right on helping you grow in his grace until his task within you is finally finished on that day when Jesus Christ returns." (Phil 1:6 TLB)I couldn't believe it. Standing right there, in front of my...
I can remember, when I was a teenager, falling on my knees in our family kitchen and crying uncontrollably. My mother had just been taken away by the paramedics to the asylum again, after another terrifying outbreak of her schizophrenic disorder. As usual, she had not...
Through no fault of her own, she found herself a slave to the undesirable passions of the ones she called "family". Bruised and broken by the hardships of her life, lost in the clutches of someone else's sin, she had nowhere to turn. She desperately needed a positive...
The sun was brightly shining that cold January day. I was running late, and my only thought was to get to my office as quickly as possible. As I approached a red light, I noticed a stalled truck on the right side of the road. I gave him a passing thought: "Poor guy!"...
1925 was not a good year for the coal miners in East Coulee, Alberta. The shoddy work and living conditions led to constant complaints. The "devil's dust", referring to the coal dust they were forced to breathe for 8 hours straight every day, was deadly to the miners'...
George Lane was ecstatic. He had just witnessed the birth of his first child in Calgary, Alberta, and in his excitement, he celebrated the event for several days. He even invited all of his friends over to meet his wonder child.But all good things must come to an end,...
While hiking around the Carolyn Sifton trail, an enjoyable two-kilometer walk at the Fort Whyte Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, my family and I were not only able to watch a herd of Buffalo, but we also had the pleasure of discovering a number of interesting facts about...