As we prepare for our next set of videos, I realize that I’ve been a little lax in posting about our last ones here. Several months ago, we released two more videos on our YouTube channel (Tea with Valerie). On this channel, we talk about a variety of spiritual questions, and share Bible stories.
My mum passed away last summer. I'm still discovering all of the losses that this entails. Her hugs and kisses. Her sense of humour. Her child-like joy at the small wonders of nature. The way that she saw beauty in things that most people pass by and don’t even notice...
Our friend, Miriam, decided a number of years ago to post on Facebook one thing that she was thankful for each day, for a year. When the year was up, she found that she’d enjoyed the exercise so much that she wanted to keep going! Many years later, she’s still posting...
Thirty years ago, when I was growing up, WWJD bracelets were all the rage. It didn’t matter if you were Christian or not. Everyone wore one.These days in Canada, loving Jesus isn’t a status symbol. He’s no longer a chip to be bargained with, to be used as social or political currency.
Missions isn’t something we choose to do for God out of gratitude for what He chose to do for us. Missions is the cauldron God sovereignly draws us into—through which he removes the dross necessary to shape our lives and character into greater conformity with that of Christ, in order for...
