Shakespeare posed this question in his tragic play, Romeo and Juliet. When Juliet learns the man she loves bears the name of her family’s enemy; she has a dilemma. So she poses an argument with herself, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other word would smell as sweet.” A […]
Many of us struggle to understand that there is a God who is present. It isn’t only those who are new to the faith, even those who have believed in Him for a long time are wrestling with it. And I am one of those. Reading about those who have gone before us and experienced
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I remember a summer day several years ago in the cemetery where my father sleeps. From bushes that grew wild along the fences, my sister and I picked ripe Saskatoon berries. With what remained of my father’s physical presence nearby, emotionally he made a way into our conversation. Daddy was a frequent topic between us.
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While making the myriad preparations for an upcoming trip, I realized I had not yet published my post on the last conference I attended. So here it is. Central Coast Writer’s Conference I attended the Central Coast Writer’s Conference held annually in San Luis Obispo, California in September. It was a new conference for me
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Wednesday’s Child is full of Woe. This is the theme for Wednesdays when I bring attention to something sad or tragic. As January is Human Trafficking Awareness month, I am compelled to shine a light into the darkness here on my own platform. Human Trafficking: “The act of recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons
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Sunday’s new theme – Something Literary – focuses on the classic novel Frankenstein. Frankenstein has been making appearances in my life. I didn’t know it was the two-hundred-year anniversary since Mary Shelley wrote and published Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus. but I started to see a pattern. In September, before I went to California, I received
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Recently, a friend commented on my website. She said “On your homepage, you talk about your faith and that there is a Christian element in your novels. But you don’t really talk about your faith in your blog posts.” I had been thinking of this in recent months before she even said anything, and I
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We were blessed to have a Sisters in Crime conference here in Victoria, BC on 19 August 2018. I’m a bit late sharing my experience but still wanted to tell you about it in hopes you might be encouraged to attend a conference in the future, either with them or another organization. I love when it
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In honour of Monday’s new theme, Something Beautiful, I celebrate autumn colours. The leaves will soon be done, but I still will celebrate the visual joy I’ve experienced this fall. As much as I love the flowers and blossoms of spring that are harbingers of warmer days to come, I love equally, the autumn colours;
While attending the Central Coast Writer’s Conference in September, I spent a lovely week visiting my friend Beth, whom I met over 30 years ago when we worked with the same Christian missionary organization. We had lost touch over the years but reconnected two years ago when we both attended the 30th Anniversary celebration weekend
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