I have always loved walking through the forest. As far back as I can remember, I have felt calm and at peace in the woods. My favourite walks are the ones where I am alone, where, for a moment, I can allow myself to feel as though there are no distractions or barriers to the creation all around me. Walking in the forest always makes me want to slow down, be still, and listen. I’m not entirely sure what I am listening for—perhaps the peaceful sounds of nature, or maybe the qui

What are we holding onto? What is holding us steady? Where are we anchored when the storms of life come? In a world where it seems like there are infinite truths and we are told to "live our own truth", where are we tethered? During Lent we often reflect on giving up and letting go. We consider what we can release as we refocus on the one true anchor that can hold us firm in any storm and protect us from breaking into pieces - God. As Easter nears might we allow the weight of

Love bears all things... And yet people can not even seem to handle having a difference of opinion between friends. Loves believes all things... And yet there is mistrust, doubt and bitterness rampant in many relationships. Love hopes all things... Yet there is less and less the ability for people to believe the best in people and circumstances or to find genuine joy for the success of others. Love endures all things... And yet people give up on each other every day. Love nev

When I was younger I had the privilege of being shepherded by a Pastor who on Sunday morning had a way of leaving you inspired to better....

On a recent Sunday I was sitting in service listening to the Pastor talk about when God asks us to do something that is hard. There came a point in the message where he asked the congregation if anyone had ever been in a place that God had asked us to do something very difficult, something that many have even seemed or felt impossible. In that moment, I knew there must have been something, but like so many times when he asks a question in service, the hamster in the wheel of

A letter to my eldest daughter... Today I sat around a table of pre-teens, you were one of them. As part of the lesson I asked the group...