No more beach reading. sigh. And instead, more academic reading for me as my seminary classes started up earlier this month. I hope you...

"Our prayers and God's mercy are like two buckets in a well. While the one ascends, the other descends. So, while our prayers ascend to...

It's okay to be ordinary. Do you believe that to be true? Paddling out on the lake makes me feel really small. One stroke at a time,...

Working as a nurse in the ER, I tend to people's physical needs. There is no escaping the fact that when there's a missing finger, chunk...

"The church faces her biggest challenge not when new errors start to win but when old truths no longer wow." Now, there's a first line to...

How is your summer reading going? Reading days on the beach are still on the menu for a handful of weeks. So what's on your list to...

In ministry it's easy to get caught up in leadership and we forget is that to lead is first to follow. Whether in your workplace or local...

"The heart cannot love what the mind does not know" Jen Wilkin This is one among my favourite quotes, reminding me of the immense value...

They ran back to the cabin, chasing and screaming. Not the happy, fun kind... the "give it back or I'll take it" angry kind. I groan....

In 2019, a Lifeway Research study indicated 32% of regular church attenders read their Bible everyday. We hear it taught during our...

We're halfway through the year and great books just keep on coming! My current challenge is keeping sand out of my paper books and my...

Our journey there and back again, from the dense bush of East Africa to the prairies of Canada, we frequently wrestled with the tension...

There's nothing more frustrating than rebuilding a sand castle. Okay...maybe a few things, but working to get the sand just right,...

If your marriage was a shape, what shape would it be? Maybe you're in the stage of littles, or in the midst of a transition, and your...

Every Bible story is part of the greatest story. Often, we approach Scripture seeking a moral lesson or a practical takeaway for how we...

The changing seasons cause the scenery of reading to shift: From the couch to the patio chair, from your living room to the beach, or in...

Have you ever felt ashamed? If you have, how would you describe it? Perhaps it felt like humiliation after an embarrassing situation or...

For those of you who know me, or have followed the blog for a while, you know that after my people, books are next in line among my...

If I'd ask what you thought was the most intriguing, mysterious book of the bible, what would you say? There'd be a few options, but I'm...

As spring slowly enters across the prairies, there's a handful of books for me to share with you! Hopefully you'll find something of...