Faith over fear

The past few days have been quite unsettling. I get the sense that many people are fearful about what’s happening. What will happen to the price of groceries, will people be laid off or lose jobs? There are lots of unanswered questions, and some of those feelings come from a sense of betrayal. We thought…

The Ratcliffe family

My first meeting with the Ratcliffe family was Christmas 1974 in St. John’s NL. My parents had moved that year to the island and I was visiting. We went to their home where I met Bill and Marion and their three kids, Wilf, Barb and Carolyn. They had just come home from serving in Pakistan,…

A life well lived – Bob!

Sunday evening we discovered that earlier in the week Bob Simper had gone on to his heavenly reward at the age of 93. I remember calling him on his 85th birthday from Toronto and hearing that same energy and love that permeated all his conversations. Bob had this gift, it isn’t common but it was…