Phone Call

Phone call

To us--

Suddenly Andrew has a job interview

To be chaplain

At a nursing home

He applied months ago

--With no response from them

One phone call

And all that has changed

Maybe he'll have two job offers

After a four year drought

A quiet excitement

On this front

As we wait to know more.

Gord and Denise

Anniversary time again!

Brings another year to

Celebrate

Doing life together!

Energy expended

For boys raised,

Goals for education reached,

Home renovations accomplished--

In the spirit of working as one and yet two

Just

Knowing 

Love is part of the relationship.

Memories bring

New

Opportunities to

Present 

Quiet

Reflection of lives

Savoured

Together

United as family

Vibrant in life

Watchful for each other

eXciting day--

Yes--a new year

Zeroes in to begin.

Home

A little house

East of Adelaide

Filled with the evidence

Of lives lived here for twenty years

Books for me

Old computers for him

Remnants of homeschooling days

Tea cans and drum kit

African violets and guitars

Deck swing and television

Interests as diverse as opposite personalities

And as similar as ministry 

With new Canadians

Teacher and pastor

Sharing a home 

Together

Moving Through

A walk

Across the river

Jumping from rock to rock

A simple step when they're adjacent

A pause for courage and a leap

When the space between is wide

But the river will be crossed

The firm ground will be reached

The next stage of the journey

Will begin

Passion

Passion

It's easy to find

But so hard to let show

It attracks attention--the wrong kind

Negative attacks

That leave bewilderment

And uncertainty

Passion

Will not go away

It simply digs deep inside

And waits

Then one day it emerges again

With a sense of readiness

Anticipation

Joy

And butterflies in the stomach

But now the wings are waiting

Passion

Will fly

Your Word

Your Word, Lord

Gives life

Brings hope

As it invites us in--deep within

To find the source of thriving

Radiance

Emerges

As You are trusted

And so begins a walk with You, Lord

And all of it goes back

--Way back

To time spent in Your Word

Seeking to know You more

Pilot Project

A hope runs deep inside me

To see the Karen (and many others)

Thrive in this land called Canada

Deep roots in You, Lord

And a growing fluency in English

Is the path I choose to pursue.

This month is a new beginning

On many fronts

But for me it begins a Bible study

That puts people deep into You, Lord

As they also go deeper into Your Word in English

Lord, may we see a breakthrough

No generation needs to be sacrificed

For the next

In You, Lord--each of us can thrive.