On This page are my posts about those folks in my life, both the living and the dead. This picture here is my Mum, at Tabor Home.
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Single-Sided Phone Call
A stranger on a bus bench, a telephone conversation, and a story we only hear from one side. Somewhere between an enemy’s dog, a boxing ring, and a hospital room, a wounded man wrestles with reconciliation, boundaries, and the stubborn conviction that love is still the only option.
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Classic Meatloaf
Tweaked Recipe 1.5 pounds ground beef 1 cup uncooked Oatmeal 2 beaten eggs 1 cup milk 1/2 cup chopped onions no salt 1/4 tsp pepper 2-3 tsp mustard 1) Combine all the ingredients thoroughly 2) Pack firmly into a loaf pan 3) Bake at 375°F for 1 hour * serves 8 Perhaps an Explanation? This…
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The Same Voice
A young lifeguard’s decision to treat little children and enormous weightlifters with equal dignity becomes a lifelong lesson in marriage, parenting, church relationships, and the exercise of loving authority.
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Leash or a Suitcase
Call it PTSD but I’ve tried the other way my whole life. I won’t stand between you (trying to leave me) and the door.
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People Who Build Bridges
A reflection on two remarkable people who understand that providing housing is only the beginning. Through patience, trust, and simple introductions, they’re helping isolated people discover something essential: belonging.
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Fun Pages
The Following pages are of my own drawings, or from friends and family, then ChatGPT> Process> with a sketch book, the drawing is created, and finalized in a simple line art format I then use ChatGPT to create colouring book style black and white page suitable for printing on 8.5 x 11 inch paper Here…
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a Pastor is born
When I grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I can go more deeply into that time of my life, but here is a fellow that fits into my discussion today. In high school I led a Bible Study that my older brother John had started, he is born in 1959, and I in 1962. It was…
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A Perfect World
The Lord regretted that He had made mankind on the earth, and He was [deeply] grieved in His heart. Genesis 6:6 Amplified Version I dedicate today’s blog post to a newly acquainted person in my life. Let’s call him Stewart. He is my muse for this page. Do YOU know what I mean when I use…
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Prayer
In Brief — Where I’m Going With This I’m thinking about prayer, imagination, and what it means to carry someone before God. Along the way, John White, Shakespeare, a dream about my daughter, Samson, and the book of Ephesians all find their way into the conversation. What begins as a reflection on prayer becomes something…
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A Time For Every purpose under heaven.
The wife who went astray is standing at my door standing in the rain hair dishevelled hanging down hair that veiled her eyes Those down cast eyes dripping water on my carpet “I’m sorry”, she said, “I’m back!”, she said, then, shivering, fell to the floor, just inside my door I tucked and rolled her…
