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Month: April 2004

Muffler Procrastination

Friday, April 30, 2004 Brenda Wood

Our car muffler was making an awful racket. Previous muffler failures had taught us that we could expect a bill of at least three hundred dollars. We prolonged the agony, preferring to spend money on almost anything else. Finally, desperate … Read more

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Joy In The Desert

Thursday, April 29, 2004 Elaine Ingalls Hogg

My friend has a chronic disease, one of those debilitating medical conditions that leaves her weak, often unable to work, and almost always in pain. Lately, except for visits to her doctor and an occasional visit to church where she … Read more

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Fluttering Here And There

Wednesday, April 28, 2004 Darlene Lajeunesse

This morning while I was washing my dishes, I noticed a bird fluttering here and there. She was desperately trying to fit into a small opening in the eave of my neighbour's house where she was building a nest. I … Read more

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The Harvest Is Pleasurable

Tuesday, April 27, 2004 Ivie Bozeman

I started teaching church school at the age of eighteen, and continued teaching children for many years. I have been fortunate to watch my earlier students grow up and become productive citizens in the community and leaders in their churches. … Read more

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The Morning Prayer

Monday, April 26, 2004 Elaine Ingalls Hogg

I love to watch the sun rise, to see it push away the shades of night and shine in all its splendour, prancing across the morning sky, like Joseph dancing in delight as he showed off his fashionable coat of … Read more

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How To Prop Up A Sagging House

Sunday, April 25, 2004 Vena Poole

We have inherited two huge family Bibles from the Poole side of our union, which are resting on the bedroom floor, all twenty-four-plus kilograms, until I find a permanent home for them. Between their inch-thick covers is a tremendous amount … Read more

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Pigeons

Saturday, April 24, 2004 Rod Marshall

Often, I go for a walk at lunchtime, allowing my brain to be refreshed from the melee of students and computers, and giving my eyes a rest from the screen. One day, the streets were dirty and slippery in places, … Read more

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Shining In The Dark

Friday, April 23, 2004 Elaine Ingalls Hogg

When I was growing up, there was a period when my parents struggled to put food on the table for their growing family. That year, in the days before hospitalization plans, I was in a hospital several miles from home … Read more

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My Cordless Phone

Thursday, April 22, 2004 Anne Russell

My cordless phone sits cradled on a charger close at hand. I use it all the time. The other day, I picked it up, and there was nothing — no dial tone — the phone was silent. I thought at … Read more

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God Has A System

Wednesday, April 21, 2004 Ivie Bozeman

My husband drives for an automotive dealership, transporting new cars from one dealership to another. It is almost incomprehensible to the human mind what some of these new vehicles can do. They are filled with computers that monitor functions from … Read more

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