"Please, please," I pleaded with my father, "don't make me go back there." But he didn't give in. We had just arrived from Bolivia and unable to speak or understand English, attending school was torture for me. Back then, there were no ESL classes. There was no dial...
Very Carefully New friends ask me, "Being blind, how do you put on your make-up?" My answer is simple: I do it carefully. After living with complete blindness for 33 years, I often forget my limitations. But trouble comes when getting ready to go out. I pry myself...
It was a stormy day on the Atlantic. Though the sun was shining, the winds mercilessly pounded and battered the eastern Cape Breton coastline, driving the crashing the waves onto the drenched sand and rocks of the narrow beach. But that was only on one side of the...
As far as the written literature of the Christian world is concerned, somehow there appears to be a disturbing "calm" about "Palm" Sunday, one of the landmark events in our Saviour's life, with not too many articles abounding in relation to the same. It is the same...
In our ongoing series, on the lessons to be gleaned from "Palm Sunday" we come today to 2 more... Puzzle... Tempering Matthew's "puzzling" account of Jesus riding on two donkeys (SeeMatt. 21:1-10) with the other Gospels, which state that He rode on a single donkey,...
Sorry, no 911 to call. No emergency assistants available. And medical facilities are nowhere around. My brother and I snuggled next to my Mom. We rode in the back of a truck. "When will we get there?" I asked her as my 10-year old mind anticipated fun moments in the...
We pray, we ask and we beg, but still no answer. Have you ever wondered, "Is God there? If He is, why doesn't He answer my prayer? How long, Lord?" We're not alone; the Israelites join us in that grumbling. "As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there...
The season known in North America for being one of the most stressful times of the year is upon us: Christmas! In the rehab hospital where I worked, we would always get a spike in numbers of stroke survivors following Christmas. In addition, more people fall and break...
Have you asked a friend lately, "How are you?" Their answer is usually something like "Busy; I'm so, so busy." That might be your answer, too. I know mine could be as well. We're all ridiculously busy. Strange though, a group of quails taught me just how crazy that...
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." (Matthew 11:28-30) Often, as I...