2020 was a year for the history books. And not one I’m sure any of us wants to repeat it. We no sooner got 2020 started than we had to change EVERYTHNG we knew about how to work from home, live, shop, wear masks, sanitize everything, communicate and wash our hands (just like grandma toldContinue reading “Welcome to 2021! Now What?”
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Storytime with Moose
As part of an MBC initiative, “MBC Storytime“, Moose and Heyoo read stories leading up to Christmas 2020. Here, Moose reads the book Princess Charity’s Courageous Heart, based on the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37). Princess Charity’s Courageous Heart was written by Jeanna Young & Jacqueline Kinney Johnson with illustrator, Omar Aranda. It wasContinue reading “Storytime with Moose”
Advent; Anticipating the Coming of Christmas
As a kid I grew up in a main line denomination and I still remember some of the liturgical portions of those church services. I also remember that there were seasons marked out on our church calendar. Lent and Advent are two prominent ones I remember. As we approach Christmas this year, let’s talk aboutContinue reading “Advent; Anticipating the Coming of Christmas”
Ripples of Caring and Kindness
A stone dropped in a pond generates waves in a beautiful changing pattern, a rippling ring radiating outward from a centre that gradually returns to quietude. The expanding ring is called a wave packet. Individual waves travel at different speeds, the long ones going fastest and the shortest ones slowest. “Even the smallest act ofContinue reading “Ripples of Caring and Kindness”
Building Resilience in Campers
At Widjiitiwin, campers and staff often get scrapes, bumps and bruises. Sometimes they get sick for a day or two. Sometimes they fall and hit their head, arm or butt. Camp is far and away the safest place for these things to happen to children. Because children are away from home, they adapt and learnContinue reading “Building Resilience in Campers”
Have You Been to God’s Night School?
Have you been to God’s night school? You know you have. I certainly have. Too many times to count. It’s the middle of the night and for seemingly no good reason there you are, lying WIDE AWAKE. Even if you’ve had a sleeping pill, fan on, window open or warm milk (I never did understandContinue reading “Have You Been to God’s Night School?”
She Chose Life for Me!!
World Adoption Day is coming up on Monday, November 9th and I want to thank a woman I never got to meet. I need to thank my birth mom for giving me life. Many of you know that I’m adopted. My birth mom was Elizabeth Madge Osmond. She had other options after discovering she wasContinue reading “She Chose Life for Me!!”
God’s Goodness in Pain & Suffering
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 This verse doesn’t mean all things will be good. No matter how rose-colored our glasses are, there’s nothing good about cancer, sex trafficking, the Covid-19 pandemic, or death. Until JesusContinue reading “God’s Goodness in Pain & Suffering”
Remember and Return
“Let any man turn to God in earnest, let him begin to exercise himself unto godliness, let him seek to develop his powers of spiritual receptivity by trust and obedience and humility, and the results will exceed anything he may have hoped in his leaner and weaker days.” – A.W. Tozer
Give Thanks for the Gifts of God
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change – James 1:17. What are you thankful for this year? Here’s my list.
Meandering Moose 