The Essential Ingredient

Is there anything more welcoming to come home to than the smell of bread baking? That rich aroma that tells you supper is almost ready and not to worry, everything is going to be all right. I love to bake and the ritual of mixing and kneading is somehow very soothing to my soul. There…

Grounded in Love and Compassion

It’s been another one of those bad news weeks. Horrific and heartbreaking news. Another toddler dead… along with her father… this time in Canada. An off duty police officer killed, probably by someone she knew and trusted. Chance pastoral encounters that speak of violence and betrayal. Sorrow and heaviness bore their way into my heart…

How Do Your Children Say Awe?

Space! The final frontier! How many of you can complete that? I was about 8 years old when I first saw Star Trek… that would be the original series back in the 60s. I only saw it when we visited my grandparents who lived close to the Manitoba/US border… they picked up two American stations……

Give Me A Sign!

Each week I give a fair bit of thought to what goes up on our sign. Some weeks it’s easy, we are wanting to highlight an event that is taking place in the church, other weeks, it’s not so easy. I want it to be short enough to be read while vehicles are waiting at…