Why do I write? Mac is one reason. I met Mac one morning when he was out for his walk. He stepped away from his buddies, let them go past, w...

"In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it  stood before me, shaped and perfect  in attitude and action. I have onl...

"Like cold water to a thirsty (writer's) soul, So is good news from a (fellow reader)." Proverbs 25:25, my paraphrase To a wri...

"I'm a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world." attributed to Mother Teresa Long...

  We had only been married for a short time when my husband's engineering company relocated us from Toronto to St. John’s Newfoundland. ...

Image by Erwin Nowak from Pixabay "My heart had been touched beyond words." It all started on a summer day in 1988. The morning wa...

     For everything there is a season, A time for every activity under heaven. A time to be born and a time to die, A time to plant and a ti...

  Thou has made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee. Augustine of Hippo           ...

Sometimes, enough is simply enough, and last week, I learned the importance of those words.  A camp-out wedding approached. Being the person...

In this little red cabin,  you could easily spend time with God in prayerful, silent solitude to experience His rest.  In 2002, I made drast...

"Today I'd like to sit and read. Forget I have a job I need. Ignore the things I have to do. And just enjoy a book or two." UN...

Is it just me or is there something magical about summer reading? Don’t get me wrong: reading is amazing in every season! Fall invites us to...

 If I Write Just to Please You…What Does That say About Me I scratched my way through a myriad of information about how to get readers and I...

My nine-month-old grandson delights us with his vocalizations. He is listening, experimenting, enjoying the sounds he makes. As he grows, hi...

Madeleine L’Engle wrote:  When the words mean even more than the writer knew they meant, then the writer has been listening. And sometimes w...

Truth, Fire, and the Road to Emmaus  This March teaching has held a higher level of anxiety and reflection than any other year. It has been ...