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…

These Are A Few of Our Ministry Things

Preaching and teaching and mopping up puddles Children’s time, travelling, all in a muddle Funerals, visiting, prayers on a wing These are a few of our ministry things. Websites and Twitter and all social media Staffing and praying and projects so needy Reading and writing and budgeting too Things are some things that all ministers…

In the Cold & Snow of Winter

It’s March 23rd, it’s mid-afternoon and -14 with the windchill. Nova Scotia has been bombarded with snow over the past week and now below seasonal temperatures are making snow removal impossible without heavy equipment. Check out this photo series on Buzzfeed. Two weeks ago there was a beautiful snow storm on my day off. It…

Last Year’s Dirt

Those are the words that sprang to mind as I opened a bag of candy beets to cook them for supper. We get a box of fruit and vegetables each week from Taproot Farms. This week we got beets! One of my favourite veggies. As you can see from the picture, they still had a…

Change is Good! Right?

“I don’t plan on changing anything while I am at St. Paul’s,” I said to my husband, shortly before I began my six month supply position with them, “It’s not really my role in a six month appointment.” “Really,” he says, the words drawn out a bit skeptically. His skepticism is valid, I am not…

Foiled Again!

My husband and I signed up for a stained glass class with Lynette Richards of Rose Window Stained Glass last spring. We were unable to make the final class in June and Lynette graciously told us that we could come back and finish anytime that was convenient for us over the summer. The summer of my sabbatical stretched out…