"I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you." (John 15:15 NIV)Travel wasn't exactly easy during the COVID pandemic....
This next story is a bit different from the previous ones in this series, as I was actually 12 years-old at the time this story happened, and this time, we were actually driving in Spain, not Italy. We were on one of the notoriously narrow winding roads that were...
"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." (John 10:10 NIV)Last Monday I told the story of the accident my father was involved in as we travelled through France one year. I was probably...
On Labour Day weekend, we went for a two-and-a-half-hour ride on our quads (four-wheeled all-terrain vehicles) — and what a ride it was!Donning jackets, wind pants, gloves, boots, and helmets, we mounted our quads and away we went. My son-in-law always leads, I...
I have had many friends in my life, ones from childhood, from my school years, university days, and adulthood. Many of these friendships waned, not for bad reasons, but simply because we moved on with our lives in career, location and life. I have had a...
“Who, then, are those who fear the Lord? He will instruct them in the ways they should choose. They will spend their days in prosperity, and their descendants will inherit the land. The Lord confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them. My eyes...
"A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother." (Proverbs 18:24 ESV)"Do not be deceived: 'Bad company ruins good morals.'" (1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV) We can all use a few good friends in our lives. I still remember...