When it comes to celebrating, today is the most holy day of the Christian calendar year. I hope you’ve been impacted by the message of Christ this Easter weekend. But perhaps you’re among those for whom it’s really just another day. Allow me to encourage you. There is more. I read the following words from […]
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Today is Groundhog Day and I’m hoping to watch one of my favourite movies – The 1993 cult classic, Groundhog Day! Over the years I have discovered that people’s opinions about it fall into two categories – either they love it or they hate it. When you find a really good movie it’s kind of
How blessed (privileged) we are with the amount of excellent reading materials in our day. (I know that the loads of misinformation and disinformation coming down the pipe is a serious problem too, but there’s little inspiring about that!) My friend Jason loaned me his copy of a book he finished recently. I was somewhat
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We’ve been living in a winter wonderland here the last few days. I post this photo (taken from my balcony) in my inspiration blog because beauty is most inspiring, isn’t it. I also came across this today: “The ideal outcome of an encounter with beauty through art is that one will want to become a
Today is the third Monday in January which has in recent years become known as ‘Blue Monday’. It’s supposed to be the saddest day of the year. They attribute it to several different things – less sunlight (‘seasonal affective disorder’), holidays hangover, resolution failures, the weather … But it may surprise you to know there
Winter comes with its own reflective mood. The term ‘wintering’ has long been used referring simply to how animals survive the cold season. But as it always does, a metaphor developed for the human experience, meaning an intentional time of rest and rumination for us two-legged mammals. As one source says, “The concept of ‘wintering’
I know that the Christmas season is behind us but this song and the truth of it is so beautiful I think it is perfectly acceptable to take it with us deep into the year ahead. What do you think?
And He Shall Reign Foevermore Read More »