Tag: Today’s Faith
How Does God Deal with Our Choices for Evil?
When a child dies, a well-intentioned friend sometimes offers comfort to the grieving parents with, “God needed your child in heaven.” A natural disaster, or strange misfortune is greeted with, “There must have been…
Can Our Scars Add to Our Beauty?
Each of us carries baggage from our individual pasts. That stuff we would like to forget, and wish we had done differently. Often our baggage has produced chips and cracks, scars in our being.…
Today’s Faith: A Tip for Lasting Energy
Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. (Matthew 1:35) As we tear around every day caring for others, fulfilling our…
Proof! Give me Proof!
You want me to believe in God. Give me one good scientific proof that God exits. In the Christian Easter story, Thomas, one of Jesus’ closest followers, wasn’t present when their dead Jesus appeared…
Today’s Faith
When we were in Vancouver, our grandson Chris took us for a walk along Vancouver’s English Bay, to watch the sunset. Even though it was cold, the walkway along the ocean was busy with…
“Spread Your Tiny Wings and Fly Away”
Canada has a multitude of “snowbirds”, Canadians, who fly off to sunny warm southern United States cities and towns. I have heard stories of the joy of exchanging our frigid Canadian winter with its…
Today’s Faith
When I sat down to write this article, my eyes were drawn to the front window. I looked through a sprightly bouquet of tulips and iris, flowers brought by friends. “A touch of spring,”…
Today’s Faith
Christmas Comes Whether or Not We Want It. Thank you, God. A few years ago I read a book called “Skipping Christmas” by John Grisham. The story gave me lots of laughter as I…
How do I prepare for Christmas?
December is nearly here. This year I have been blessed with five different opportunities to tell Christmas stories. Now that many of our grandchildren are teenagers, the emphasis on gifts has receded into the…