2023 what do you hold?

We were encouraged to look to the promise of Isaiah 41:10 this morning. Should you not have it memorized, you could, and it would be good too, but it’s unlikely that up to now you have…so, here it is. “Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God….

The value of friendship

Today allowed a wonderful reconnection with my friend Doug. Now I noticed I have many friends named Doug. Don’t think it was deliberate, but it is what it is. At any rate, today Doug and I had a lengthy coffee/brunch together. Doug to me to the very trendy Westboro area of Ottawa. Our destination was…

It will get cold next week

Listening to the radio on our way to church this morning and they were talking about how the pine beetle infestation was being dealt with by Alberta’s cold weather… 97% of bugs are killed by the cold. Now mind you we’re driving in minus 20 with snow falling and the roads covered in ice and…