Mr Opposite

Our first snowfall brought more than the promise of a white Christmas. It gave me a chance to thank God for my most valuable earthly gift – my husband, Mr. Opposite. We discovered soon after our marriage that while opposites attract, they can also repel! We got along like two cats in a sack that first year. Fortunately, my husband learned and then taught me that when our differences threatened to blow the lid off our relationship, tipping the steam vent with spurts of laughter born of grace could change everything. Read More...

The Great Cochin Fire

When my 24-year-old husband assumed his first pastorate in a north-Saskatchewan village, he thought he’d ignite some spiritual fire in the community. He did much more than that. He became known as the preacher who put the word arson in parson.

The church and parsonage where we lived was a two-acre parcel of land on a hilltop overlooking a lake. My husband kept the grass watered and cut all around the buildings but the rocky slope below our bay window was impossible to mow. The grass grew tall and untended all summer then faded and lay dormant under winter’s snow to reappear, an unsightly tangled mess in the spring. I thought it marred the beauty of our lake view so I suggested to my husband that he clean it up.
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Men Have Not Changed

Men have not changed since the dawn of creation. Although we have morphed from the Stone Age to the Space Age, men have simply exchanged their crude clubs for credit cards -- they are still hunters and gatherers.
In Canada, the busiest shopping day of the year is December 26. It’s called Boxing Day.
In 2000, Boxing Day dawned clear and cold. Long before the sun peeked over the horizon my husband Gerry was in his car heading for Future Shop. There wasn't a soul there when he skidded into the dimly lit parking lot at 5:30 a.m.
“I’ll be first in line!” he chortled
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