The stable awaits the coming of Mary and Joseph, awaits the shepherds who will hear the good news from the angel If we replay the original scene, as is done in the Posada and countless Christmas plays, the journey has … Continue reading →
For my Advent devotions, I am reading Walking the Road to Bethlehem: Your Journey to Christmas, by Adam Hamilton, a pastor with the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas. I found this little book in a Christian … Continue reading →
Today I posted at Canadian Writers Who Are Christian, a blog by professional members of The Word Guild and authors. The fear of speaking paralyzes many into silence and challenges even those who take the step to the lectern or … Continue reading →
This past weekend I attended events for the Wild Writers Festival in Waterloo, Ontario. Friday evening, the events began with The Rock Comes to Waterloo, with Wayne Johnston and Donna Morrissey plus other winners of New Quarterly fiction, non-fiction and … Continue reading →
Since the last few posts have been about writing, I thought I’d share a link that a fellow editor posted to our listserv yesterday. Since some editors are also writers, it was certainly applicable, and since editors work with words, … Continue reading →
A few posts ago, I wrote about the empty page and the challenge it can be to writers. Sometimes those words just roll out on the page and then other times they don’t. When I speak to a group … Continue reading →
Today I posted over at Canadian Writers Who Are Christian. Go there and read my post “Learning to Give Thanks.” Stay awhile and be encouraged, entertained and inspired by the posts of other Canadian Writers Who Are Christian. Blessings … Continue reading →
This morning at our church a child was to be baptized and so the pastor, in his children’s message, asked if the children knew what it meant to be baptized. A cousin of the child to be baptized offered that … Continue reading →
This morning I opened a new page on my blog. It was white and grey– without any words or photos. For a short moment, that blank page was intimidating, as though it were challenging me to fill it. But I … Continue reading →
A group of us—authors and a cartoonist— joined forces and rented a table for Word on the Street in Kitchener. What we do not know when we book ahead like that, is what the weather patterns will hold for us, … Continue reading →
