They say a picture is worth a thousand words. This week my words are few, but I leave you with this photograph, and a poem to ponder - to sink deep. The poem was written by Amy Charmichael, missionary to India in the early 1900's serving young children. If I had a hero, she would… Continue reading A Poem and a Thousand Words

I've taken up the habit of watching birds. It all started this past spring when I was teaching a Science unit on these feathered creatures to my elementary students. As a fun add-on to our lessons, we created bird feeders out of milk cartons, set them up in our respective yards and began observing. Long… Continue reading Just Cry Out.

Late afternoon light in a wintery forest I love to go for walks in the forest. We live in a very rural part of a very rural Canadian province, and, well, let's just say, there is no shortage of forests to explore. Just across the street from my home is a natural forest that stretches… Continue reading Where the Tree Falls

My son and his wife recently bought their first home. It's an older house that has some wonderful character and charm, but it also very clearly needed some renovations before they could move in. For many years it was a rental house, not seeing much more than basic maintenance for quite sometime. My husband, our… Continue reading Renovations. of the Heart.

Hold steady. These words were spoken to me 15 years ago, and I've never forgotten them. Two simple words quietly spoken to me in a parting hug from a woman who was a stranger just a week earlier. Two simple words that hold so much power because they point me to the One who has… Continue reading Hold. Steady.