Christmas is a gift-giving season.  Indeed the very first Christmas the Magi arrived bearing gifts for the newborn Messiah.  Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh were bestowed

This is life right now: my life. It has taken on a visceral quality so that I find myself often referring to “the guts of

Life is the sum total of the moments we live.  This mantra has been bouncing around my mind today as I took moments to fully

(For those of you who do not know, Ella Smith is the heroine in the novel I began penning a few years ago.  I have

I John 1:3 “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what

The question is what drives me?  What are my passions?  What gets me revved and riled up?  What is important to me?  Like so ultimately

Do you ever have trouble being content in all circumstances?  It is our human nature to grumble, to complain.  I see it daily in the

Christmas 2012Joy to the WorldThe angel proclaims to the shepherds in the field “Don’t be afraid.  I’m here to announce a great and joyful event

This is my Advent Letter.  Advent is a time of “expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus” (Wikipedia.com). In the

I have now completed the 30KM run around Cultus Lake aptly named Around the Lake Give ‘R Take 30.  It felt different crossing the finish