Month: December 2002

During the year 1999, we experienced the Y2K scare, when the media proclaimed that a great Millennium Bug was waiting to destroy our future. My husband worked for hours preparing for the long-awaited countdown. In mid-afternoon of New Year's Eve, … Read more

The Word says that the rain falls on the just and the unjust. Strange as it may seem, this reminds me of a man from my youth. I never knew his name; we just called him "the cleaner man". Once … Read more

One Sunday morning, as the Junior and Senior Choirs were gathering for their pre-service practice, we were greeted by an unusual noise. After much searching, we discovered that it was emanating from behind the large pipe organ. A further search … Read more

As a kid, I hated to see spinach on my plate. "Taste it and see; it's good for you!" my mother would say, to persuade me to eat it. At age eight, I saw no good coming out of a … Read more

Being on a canoe trip in Killarney in northern Ontario, Canada, surrounded by the majestic scenery of silver peaks, stone-front campsites, and clear blue waters, is quite possibly one of life's most exquisite experiences. As my friend and I paddled … Read more

It is an ordinary afternoon and a time to rest after the busy Christmas season. I sit by a window looking outside at snowflakes gently falling from the gray sky as they make their way to earth, whirling and dancing … Read more

Can you remember what gift you received at Christmas twenty-five years ago? I can! When our son was quite small, he saved up about two dollars to buy Christmas gifts for his mother and me. I went with him to … Read more

One advantage of country living is being able to choose and cut your own fresh Christmas tree. That Christmas of 1959, brother Lorne and I had been commissioned to "get the tree." Dutifully, we set out for the bush on … Read more

It was December 24th. Everyone around me was ready for Christmas, but I wasn't. As a child of seven, I'd been in the hospital for two months with kidney problems, and I arrived home in time to spend the holiday … Read more

When I was a child, my father and I always said a Bible verse at night before I went to sleep. His favourite verse was John 3:16. After more than fifty years of Bible study, church going, teaching, and searching … Read more