Year: 2000

Each day I receive about twenty or thirty e-mails. In that pile of "required reading", there is trash, some jokes, reference to web-sites, and letters from home. Somewhere sandwiched in between that pile is the Daily devotional. Today I noticed … Read more

There's perhaps nothing quite so refreshing as a walk after the rain has washed the landscape clean and new. Dust is cleared from leaves and flowers and the remnants of the rain hang like dew. It glistens on cobwebs intricately … Read more

Taxes have been very much in people's minds in recent weeks. As we in Canada have prepared to file our tax returns with the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, some of us may have wished that we had invested more … Read more

We went out for a walk one wonderful spring day. As we approached a tree, my two pre-school children spied a squirrel digging up the last of its winter stores. They thought it would be fun if they could catch … Read more

I go outside each day to look for signs of spring in the backyard. Each day there is something new. Yesterday, I spotted a male robin perched on top of my neighbour's blue spruce tree. I had never seen a … Read more

Gideon was aware of his own limitations. When God told Gideon that he had chosen him to deliver Israel from the Midianites, Gideon was surprised. "But God," said Gideon, "how can I do this for you? I am the least … Read more

I had to visit the dentist this week. It's not a pleasant task at the best of times. This trip was especially bad. I had what the dentist called two over-retained teeth. They are baby teeth that didn't fall out … Read more

I have very recently been through a very stressful few weeks in my life. My job has had me away from home for 11 hours each day. Upon returning home in the evenings, I have often been so tired and … Read more

A few years ago, I attended a business seminar at which the subject of "trust" arose. As an example of how we should trust one another, we were divided into pairs. One person stood in front of the other with … Read more

Perhaps the hardest thing about getting old, or undergoing hospitalization or surgery, is the loss of one's independence. It must have been frightening for Peter to hear the Lord's words, as told in John 21:18: "When you were young, you … Read more