The Time for Living on Principle Alone is Over

When you sign up for my newsletter you get a series of emails I’ve prepared with downloads of unannounced gifts and tools to use. I so much like this because it connects me with readers who respond with their questions and comments and let’s me get to know them as well. A friend named Blanca asked if I could post this email so she could put it across her social network. I’m happy to do it. This one brings me [...] Read more »

#HappyFathersDay

Happy Father’s Day Dads! It doesn’t matter if this is you’re first one or if you’ve already have great-grand kids, you’ve been entrusted with such amazing gifts. And you’ve been honored with the name the One has chosen and was favored by the Son. …Father… We live in a time when commercials make fun of us and kids don’t automatically respect us and well, know know how it is and you know we don’t complain. The good dads don’t complain. [...] Read more »

A Short Story for Father’s Day

I was thinking about Father’s Day this morning and about my dad. He passed away December 2005. I miss him. But that got me thinking about people who don’t have fond memories about their dad. And then I remembered this short story I wrote years ago. Hope it will encourage someone who reads it sometime. Reconciliation By Trevor Lund Stopping his car a short distance from the house, Tom sat. It was the perfect place to look and remember. The [...] Read more »

Does God Really See Value in Everyone?

Does God Really See Value in Everyone? The question becomes more powerful when we ask: Does God see value in me? Look at some of the people God saw the value in: Moses stuttered. David’s armour didn’t fit. John Mark was rejected by Paul. Timothy had ulcers. Amos’ only training was in the school of fig-tree pruning. Jacob was a liar. David had an affair. Solomon was too rich. Abraham was too old. David was too young. Peter was afraid [...] Read more »

Encouragement for Writers

Writers need encouragement. Since I’m getting ready to launch Hope In Transition, I’m on the look out for writing advice and encouragement. I’ve found some great help around doing up e-books. Since I have so many ready to go, I’m excited to see what comes of it. I came across this video and was blown away with what the speaker says. She describes my writing experience with the Holy Spirit. Even though she uses different language and comes from a [...] Read more »

Zamboni Liberation Treatment Exciting News!

While I was setting up HopeInTransition.com, the speakers invite and RevTrev Radiothis week, It’s natural for a parent to do everything they can for their child. What happens when your 16 year old son is diagnosed with MS around the same time a possible new treatment is emerging? With all the controversy in Canada with the Zamboni Liberation Treatment to relieve CCSVI or chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency, an Edmonton mother took her son to Merida, Mexico for tests and the [...] Read more »

How I Grow the Fruit of the Spirit

I need to admit I’ve got to learn more than I teach. I know I can only teach what I’ve learned. I don’t have all this together, but I do have an understanding of I can pass onto you.   We picked up a dog on the weekend that is great with the kids, but afraid of me. It’s really testing my patience… anyway, the thought occurred to me that the Father is probably using the dog to teach me more [...] Read more »

As I Was Looking Into Seeking the Lord…

When we’re raised in the church, we often accept that we know what phrases mean without ever thinking, “Just what does that mean?” The longer your on the way, the harder it is to say to someone who asks you to explain a concept,  “I really don’t know.” So we make something up based on all the sermons we heard that never explained phrases and just assumed we were all on the same page. I was a senior pastor at [...] Read more »

Inspiring Photos – Underwater Life

No, I wasn’t underwater. We went to a couple of very cool aquariums. A good friend of mine bought goggles that hold a video camera before he went to Hawaii. Can’t wait to see his shots. Here are a few of mine. Again if you like them, comment and/or share them with others. I really appreciate all the comments here and on facebook. You can see all of our posted pictures here… there are way too many and most are [...] Read more »

Inspiring Photos – Skyscapes

The heavens declare the glory of God… night after night they pour forth speech. I love looking up at the sky and into the heavens. Here are a few sky shots from our trip to San Diego.Hope you enjoy. If you do, why not Stumble it? I really appreciate that. If you drag the photos you’ll be able to post them on a number of sites, or email them to yourself and friends. You can see all the photos I’ve [...] Read more »

Inspiring Photos – Silhouettes

In San Diego we enjoyed art galleries and painters, musicians, and magicians on the street. The place makes you feel creative. The closest thing I had with me was my camera. Here are a few of the silhouette shots I took that I enjoy. Hope you  will too. If you like what you see, can you stumble it for me? I get so much traffic from StumbleUpon and it really helps to have others stumble it for me. If you’d [...] Read more »

Inspiring Photos – Plants We Enjoyed in San Diego

We took hundreds of pictures on our adventure to sunny San Diego this January. I personally love a number of them. I thought I’d share them with you. Since they encourage me, I hope they’ll encourage you. I’ll post a few more in the coming days. These aren’t in any particular order, except I organized them somewhat. If you like what you see, could you stumble it? We get great traffic from StumbleUpon and it helps when others recommend our [...] Read more »