The pandemic has sparked a new or renewed interest in puzzles as a healthy coping strategy and way to pass the time when confined indoors. I recently sent a Pandemic Merit badge to a couple who completed their first 1000 piece puzzle...
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I remember once when I was 6 I took a pack of chips from the supermarket and hid it in my jacket. As I left the store and took it out of concealment I was confronted by the astonished face of my mom. After her firm correction she sent me to face...
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Did you hang any 2020 ornaments this year? Some people decorate their tree with trinkets that commemorate the years milestones. They are my favourite trees to see in homes. It’s like a time capsule exploded among the evergreen boughs. If...
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It was only the first week of December and already several stores I visited had empty shelves with “sold out” signs where Christmas lights should be. Maybe it was due to cancelled travel plans that freed up time and funds now...
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It’s been a historic week, with what some are calling V-day, when the first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine were administered. Have you also been hooked on the videos documenting the sequence of momentous events? In any other time midnight...
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Is it from doubt or curiosity that the teenage Mary questions the news she will mother of the Messiah. I wonder what is harder for her to grasp, the miracle of conception because she is a virgin or that God had chosen her for such an honour and...
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This week we are delighted to share Words of Hope from author Reema Sukumaran. Her recently published memoir is a testimony of how God can heal the deepest wounds. She courageously bares her scars so others might find Jesus as their source of...
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I was getting up with the sun and getting ready to go out into the chilly November air. It was madness, but I had made a plan, and I was determined to see it through. Stubbornness is a virtue, right? A long stretch of grey skies and rainy days...
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Has anyone ever asked you: “What’s your story?” Where would you begin? What depths of detail would you share? Would you stick to the highlights and skim over the low points? Where would God factor into your narrative? Sharing...
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By Pastor Rhoda Klein Miller The Bible contains some of the earliest documented community health policies. In the five books of Moses, also known as the Torah and the Pentateuch, you’ll find many God-given directives for disease prevention...
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By Pastor Rhoda Klein Miller Did you catch the buzz about the free downtown Vancouver apartment in the Shangri-la tower this week? Those not absorbed in news about US politics this week were treated to a tantalizing offer posted on Craigslist...
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By Pastor Rhoda Klein Miller This is the season for spooky decorations, costume parties and fright-filled movies. It’s hard to miss the symbols of tombstones, corpses, skeletons, ghosts that reflect the central theme of this occasion is...
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