Are You Thankful For Your Health? Wealth? Wisdom? I asked Ed, my old neighbor in Saskatchewan, “What makes folks most thankful?” Ed answered, “It isn’t wealth because everyone could use more money. Health is a big cause for thankfulness, but usually only…

Some Emotions Can Quickly Turn Us Mean I told Ed, my old neighbor in Saskatchewan, that our pastor had a great sermon on anger. Anger and I are too often friends. Ed commented that it would have been better if our pastor…

Accused Of Not Being A Christian Ed, my old neighbor in Saskatchewan, thinks that too many Christians can be judgmental and unloving. I believe that sometimes we all do things with good motives but end up hurting instead of helping others. That…

Our Critics Question Us To Discredit Us Before Others I told Ed, my old neighbor in Saskatchewan, that an election has been called for those of us who live in British Columbia. It will be thirty-three days of political leaders and candidates…

Hearing That Leads To Understanding And Action I tend to see things as either good news or bad news. Life is a lot simpler if I stop at good or bad labels and don’t let anything get more complicated than black and…

Harvesting Is A Labor Of Stress Yesterday, Labor Day, Ed called from Saskatchewan.  He was ready to harvest, but his crops were not fully ripe. He said that the weather would determine how quickly he would be in his fields. My old…