- Put Those Walking Shoes On!By: John Kerr My Grandfather or Granda, as we called him, used to love to walk. As far as I know, he never learned to drive. When he was much younger, he also used to cycle but as he got older, and as I really knew him, I know that he loved to… Read more: Put Those Walking Shoes On!
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Custom-Made Good Works
By: Pastor Lars Today is my son Gideon’s 14th birthday. Happy Birthday, Gideon! This has become a birthday month for us Janssens. Three of us have birthdays in August and so do several of our extended family members — on both my wife’s side and mine. Most years we have two big birthday gatherings,… Continue reading
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“Kings!”
By: Casey Korstanje We call it “Kings!” For decades now my three brothers and I have gone away annually to a cottage for a few days to hang out, eat, drink and be merry. Or as one once put it: “To live like kings.” We’ve done this through all the seasons of life: the… Continue reading
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Walking by Faith
By: Ed Sywyk For a long time, when I walked down the street, I would walk with my head looking down at my feet. Why? I wasn’t walking by faith. Instead of using the cane I received from CNIB to guide me, I took matters into my own hands. One sunny day in February,… Continue reading
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Be Ready
By: John Kerr When Brenda and I with our three children headed west, we ended up in a little town of less than one thousand people called Hudson Hope. The main reason for its existence is to serve as a hydro town for the W.A.C. Bennett dam. This imposing structure is one of the… Continue reading
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There’s Hope
By: Rebecca Feere The book of Psalms, with its rich and relatable content, mirrors our human experiences. The Psalmists, in their raw and honest expressions, cover a wide spectrum of emotions that we all experience. Love, anger, frustration, delight, fear, doubt, despair, praise, and hope are just a few that find their voice in… Continue reading
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The Best Dragon Story
By: Pastor Lars I enjoy a good dragon story. I remember reading excitedly about the mythological many-headed Hydra, Beowulf’s fight with the dragon, Tolkien’s Smaug in The Hobbit, and Lewis’ Eustace-turned-dragon in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. I used to have a large poster in my workshop of a sky-scraper-sized dragon blowing fire… Continue reading