Christmas Magic

The run up to Christmas means it’s Hallmark and decorating seasons in our house. Hallmark first.  Wishing for something is just figuring out what your heart really wants. From Hallmark’s Gingerbread Miracle In the Gingerbread Miracle, when Alex starts baking the gingerbread cookies the magic returns: Gabe receives a hockey scholarship, Sydney is discovered and givenContinue reading “Christmas Magic”

Never Stop Dating Your Spouse

Never stop dating your spouse! This advice was given to Elaine and I as a young married couple (wish we could remember who). And we have done our best to keep it going and model it to our kids & others. It turns out that people were watching for our social media posts every Tuesday.Continue reading “Never Stop Dating Your Spouse”

8 More Reasons Why Every Kid Should Go To Camp

Why every kid should go to camp: 8 more reasons Camp helps with mental stimulation.  Camp builds resilience. This is a culmination of many of the above benefits. New friendships, confidence, independence, sense of belonging. All of these things contribute to the development of your child as they make strides from being a kid to aContinue reading “8 More Reasons Why Every Kid Should Go To Camp”

If you could spend a day with anyone, who would it be?

If you could spend a day with anyone, alive or dead, who would it be? Here are a few suggestions I thought of: Jesus, a prime minister or president, a famous actor or musician/composer or author, the guys who walked the Emmaus road with Jesus (Luke 24:13-35), Moses or Joseph or Joshua or David orContinue reading “If you could spend a day with anyone, who would it be?”

Wandering With My Memories

I’ve been wandering with my memories; remembering my spiritual heritage at the site of the old Camp Ambassador. I got to spend time this week in a place I used to be very familiar with. I came to Word of Life Camp on the annual fall camp tour with CCI/Canada Ontario Region. The camp usedContinue reading “Wandering With My Memories”