Greetings, “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.” - Galatians 5:22-23 As the world unfolds in buds and blooms, unveiling greens and other colours we haven’t seen outside over the winter, I am thinking about which flowers I want in my garden. My favourite flower color is blue, even blueish-purple. The previous owner of my home loved yellow flowers. There

Greetings! “What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun.” - Ecclesiastes 1:9 Sometimes the book of Ecclesiastes can seem fatalistic. But it’s not. It’s an encouraging book that reminds us not to worry when change and challenge rage all around us. During our mortal lifetimes, we experience change as new and different. Depending on the change it can be exciting or it can be frightening. When change inspire

Greetings! “YHWH will guide you continually, and satisfy your needs in parched places, and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters never fail.” - Isaiah 58: 11 As spring is blossoming around us, I have been looking to see if the bulbs I planted in the fall are growing. Some are and have buds already! I was exchanging flower stories with Nancy, and she said that she found a little blue flower that she didn’t pla

Greetings! As spring continues to unfold and we rejoice in the gift of the resurrection, I invite you to pray this prayer by Michaela Youngson, Superintendent Minister of the Ealing Trinity Circuit, (posted on https://re-worship.blogspot.com/2011/04/easter-prayer.html). When everything was dark and it seemed that the sun would never shine again, your love broke through. Your love was too strong, too wide, too deep for death to hold. The sparks cast by your love dance