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As a church, we are busy doing the Disciplines of a Godly Man and Woman by R. Kent and Barbara Hughes in our men’s and ladies' meetings....

"Little drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean And the pleasant land. So the little moments, Humble though they be, Make the mighty ages Of Eternity." ― Julia A.F. Carney This week, Sarah posted the following to our Social Media pages: "Signs of citizenship! As I voted this week, it brought to light the many other ways in which we have participated in the building of our country just this week. Pictured here are: making cards to welcome new babies in our

Kate Bridges I am typing this whilst watching my seven year old son from my window, hugging his knees in a corner of the garden, silent...

Disclaimer: I have been so concerned to use this title for this blog. In no way do I mean to imply that we shouldn’t have a rigorous...

We should all be wise to assess our habits as we head into a new year,.

Did you join our December read-along of Dicken's Christmas books? It was the first time I read The Chimes by Charles Dickens, and I was...

Reposted from Taryn's Scribbling Wild Goat Blog Something different has happened this year. Usually the pace is frenetic, buying becomes...

As the year winds down to a close, let us slow down too as we look to Jesus as the reason for our hope.

“To bring the human race, family by family, child by child, out of the savage and inhuman desolation where He is not, into the light and...

Axioms for Wildness Alive to the thrill Of the wild. Meet the dawn On a mountain. Wash your face In the morning dew. Feel the favor of the earth. Go out naked in the wind, Your skin Almost Aeolian. With the music inside, Dance like there is no outside. Become subtle enough To hear a tree breathe. Sleep by the ocean, Letting yourself unfurl Like the reeds that swirl Gradually on the sea floor. Try to watch a painting from within: How it holds what it never shows. The mystery o

Have you had someone tell you yet how many days there are until Christmas? Or have you seen a meme to that effect on social media? I...

Who doesn’t love Spring!? It seems that the whole earth is alive with possibility and hope.

When a friend mentioned Holy Hygge¹: Creating a Place for People to Gather and the Gospel to Grow, I rushed to SCRIBD and saved it to my bookshelf. I have savoured it and enjoyed learning about this Danish lifestyle of slow and attentive living. In her chapter titled Well-Being, Jamie Erickson lays out various ways to take care of ourselves and others: to “regain a sense of value for ourselves and for our friends and neighbours” and to follow Jesus’ example to “have life—and

For nature study some weeks ago we followed our schedule deep into the night sky. This particular week had us reveling in the...

“The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works, before his deeds of old; I was formed long ages ago, At the very beginning, when...

Comparing ourselves to our peers or our children to their siblings or friends sends the message that we are all cut of the same cloth and...