I’ve been in Kelowna for a week and a half and am just now finding my rhythm. It’s hard to develop a routine when every day is rife with significant change.

Quite a few years ago, people from across Canada shared their Christmas memories in Country Woman magazine. One person remembers their Christmas tree adorned with tiny candles.

A famous broadcaster from the past once relayed this riddle to his listeners. Paul Harvey claimed 80% of Kindergarten kids were able to answer the riddle correctly…

Are you sure you’re okay to drive, Mr. Fendle? You’ve had more than a couple of drinks, you know… !

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I read this article the other week and wanted to share with those who will read this.

I was reading the Book of Ezra (in the Bible) and, as is often the case, there was something that caught my attention. The more I read the more my heart was ‘stirred’.

“Peace on earth, and goodwill to all.” We read it on cards, see it in TV spots, and hear it echoing in many songs. It originated with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his 1863 poem…

The Christmas season in our western culture places a great deal of emphasis on giving gifts. The entire completed process requires much time, energy, shopping, wrapping and resources.

Paul Harvey’s radio program reached as many as 24 million people each and every week from 1951 to 2008. One of his favourite stories was about a man and the birds…

For so many of us, Christmas is a time to gather as a family and make memories together. While we wish that things could remain the same, we know that with the passage of time change inevitably comes.

A tall woman in a bright red dress was singing in the foyer as I stepped out of the elevator. The violinist accompanying her leaned into his instrument.

A grandparent watched her grandson’s nativity play. As the third wise man, he marched up to the manger with his gift of frankincense and bellowed: “Frank sent this!”

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Ah, splendid! Salvation flings forth in these dreadfully choppy seas!

We both slide onto our bar stools at the same moment and order an IPA on tap. Mine arrives first. I sip and smile to myself.

The definition of irony is - a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects.

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I’m not kicking the can down the road, I’m rolling it…

The following devotional was submitted by one of our subscribers who wishes to remain anonymous, and allow the Biblical message to speak for itself.