There’s an inviting blue circle where the familiar hourglass on the social media app on my phone once was. Ask Meta AI anything or Search, it invites and, going a step farther, he/she/it presents options based on the algorithm. Best outdoor furniture. Digital photography tips. What makes D.S. Motors unique? (I have no idea who…
The moment I see it on my Facebook feed, I know I’ll go. Gerry and I don’t, as a rule, go to garage sales, but one held in the Christian education center attached to the church where I was baptized (the first time), where I attended Sunday School as a kid, went to Brownies, and…
I am sitting on our lower back deck in the shade of the gazebo while the curtains wave gently in the breeze. The other day, I let loose the curtains that have been tied back in each of the four corners of the gazebo for the first time. Yes. You read that right. The gazebo…
It’s spring—for real, this time—in Saskatchewan. The temperature is currently 28C / 82F; the windows are open, and my back is aching from time spent working out in the yard yesterday and today. No complaints. This is what we’ve been waiting for! This morning, the sound of lawn mowers broke the Saturday morning silence as…
The rain has (finally) given way to blue skies and sunshine. I’m not begrudging our run of wet weather but was starting to feel as if we were living in western Washington again instead of sunny Saskatchewan. We really needed the rain but I’m ready to move on and enjoy a good long season of…
Pour into our hearts such love toward you . . . This has been my prayer for a long time. Help me to know Jesus—not just know about him—but know him. Help me to love you by loving Jesus. Not so much sad to obtain “riches beyond imagination” and “promises which exceed all that we…