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April 25, 2010 So I posted the “Gas Miracle” story to the on-line writers group, in response to the “gas” challenge… and got an interesting response: “I read it with interest Norma. Once we get more people into these, you will see what a difference it makes to everyone’s writing. I’ll be sending my next assignment on a . . . → Read More: questioning the gas miracles… April 22, 2010 In the spring of 2001, my first grandson was born. He was two months premature, and spent the first several weeks of his life in hospital. We lived in Keremeos, and every morning I would drive my daughter to the hospital in Penticton so she could be with her little son. . . . → Read More: the “gas” word challenge: “Gas miracles!” June 16, 2009 So much has happened….. yesterday evening I headed out for my walkabout, up the stairs, across the KVR trail, down the first set of bluffs, and then started walking the beachfront. I just reached the Lakeshore Inn and ran into ___. He talked and talked, telling me amazing things You have . . . → Read More: Miracle Mode March 6, 2009 (more) I had sent that quote about the need for the influence of non-relative adults as part of the family of God being part of and impacting the lives of our children, to “our pastor” and he immediately responded with “Amen!!!!” So this morning, slightly tongue-in-cheek (but really dead serious) I sent him a . . . → Read More: church and children… groups of ten and Sunday Soup…. January 29 (yes, again…) Here’s something I’m wondering about… is there some connection between “self actualization” (and self-esteem, etc etc etc) and “assessment for – and as – learning” and “positive formative assessment” (the goal of the latter apparently being to create a self-motivated, self-monitoring, self-managing, self-efficacy, internal locus of control and self-motivation type learner? (lots of . . . → Read More: Schooling/ education … disconnects… questioning… truth… wisdom… joy! January 25 “A local church has no right to define itself. It is the prerogative of Jesus Christ alone to define the church, for it is His church and it is designed to fulfill His purpose.” (Charles Price) Something I just realized… ___ asking me to sew skirts for her, and ___ asking me to show her how . . . → Read More: Unexpected thoughts … and great hope! December 24 Dear God, A wierd thing happened yesterday. I pulled onto Main Street (which is one way) and drove the wrong direction. I know I was a bit distracted thinking about the wedding and all, bu I went a whole block (the street was empty) before I got to the intersection and was surprised to see . . . → Read More: Being distracted… and pondering debt vs trusting God… December 20 (still more) Sewed buttons on hubby’s Haida button vest. Finished the first “Haida” heart… and worked on the second one. Set up hubby’s Facebook: lots of people are signing on as friends! Yay! Finished my son’s cookbooks. I went with my son to the mall, and he bought me a book on Haida Gwaii with beautiful . . . → Read More: Jehovah Jireh, my provider! … and Penticton Pedestrian: Gifts instead of sales! December 12 (more) Lord, today I looked at the Haiti pictures that K___ took… sure gave my heart strings a bit of a tug… wow, couldn’t believe the hospital kitchen and lab facilities.. so poor and decrepit…. Lord, I don’t even know what use I’d be if I sent somewhere as a missionary?? I always assumed I . . . → Read More: Pondering about poverty and wealth
Four babies had been born to church families in one week! Now, a month later, at Sunday service, four sets of parents stood at the front of the church joyfully holding their little ones, and the pastor read aloud the story of Hannah dedicating her son Samuel to God, and the story of Mary . . . → Read More: Peter’s Miracles |
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