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The Traveller as a Child of Faith

These days, the bulwarks of our faith seem to be shaken by many things. Take The Gospel of Judas, and the Da Vinci Code which speak of conspiracies and revelations.  Are they truth or fiction?  All these theories and suppositions about God and about Christ, which cause an uproar in the Christian world, make me look at my own faith. I’ve come to the conclusion, that no matter what revelations there may be, it won’t change the way I know my God.
Appeared 2010-04-11 in

A New Year's Offering

Thinking about this year, I had to think of the first story I told in a Dutch Sunday School.  Included here is a retelling of the calling of Samuel, and as I reread this story, I have to think of how important it is to welcome the New Year with a heart that’s ready to listen for the voice of God.

I hope you enjoy the following retelling of Samuel in Temple.

Appeared 2008-01-03 in

Towards Christmas and The Year's End

I think of how God has brought us through rejoicing and sorrow, through joy and through pain, through gains and through losses, and how through all these things his presence has remained the one sure unchangeable thing.

It’s this knowledge of an unchanging God that allows me to bless others and to wish everyone a Meaningful Christmas and a Blessed New Year.


Appeared 2007-12-22 in

Towards Christmas and The Year's End

I think of how God has brought us through rejoicing and sorrow, through joy and through pain, through gains and through losses, and how through all these things his presence has remained the one sure unchangeable thing.

It’s this knowledge of an unchanging God that allows me to bless others and to wish everyone a Meaningful Christmas and a Blessed New Year.


Appeared 2007-12-19 in TeenAge

Towards Christmas and The Year's End

I think of how God has brought us through rejoicing and sorrow, through joy and through pain, through gains and through losses, and how through all these things his presence has remained the one sure unchangeable thing.

It’s this knowledge of an unchanging God that allows me to bless others and to wish everyone a Meaningful Christmas and a Blessed New Year.


Appeared 2007-12-19 in The Sword Review

In the Pursuit of Poetry

But what is poetry and when do we say a poem is a poem?  
Appeared 2007-09-10 in

Who Holds Your Hand?

Refusing to live in the shadow of what ifs, I’ve laid our lives and all our tomorrows in the hands of the great I AM.


Appeared 2007-08-17 in

Come Watch the Sunrise

Slowly, the sun rises in the east.  A fiery glow fills the sky, radiance and warmth surrounds us, and we are filled with laughter and the joy of life.  We lift our faces to the sky welcoming the sun.  


Appeared 2007-04-11 in

A Child’s Faith

The Bible speaks about the faith of a child, and how having faith like a mustard seed can move even the biggest mountains.  
Appeared 2007-01-21 in

A Total Loss?

We were still in the midst of computer issues, when my husband phoned home to tell me he’d been in an accident.  "I’m okay," he said, "but I think the car is a total loss."

After the initial shock, I wanted to know the how, why, where and when of the accident.  

"I’ll tell you about it when I come home," my husband said.
Appeared 2007-01-03 in

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