Author Archives: Laurie Watt

22 Mar
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Sharing and showing love for Ukraine

One of Barrie’s creative gifts to our world is Don Komarechka. He’s a photographer who explores the smallest details in our world – and he reminds us that each little thing, no matter how small, can have an impact. Don ...

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21 Mar
1

Second chances and new life

Second chances. Imagine if we could redo some event in our life over again. It’s easy and it’s the subject of movies – Groundhog Day and Back to the Future are classics and a new take on that is The ...

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17 Mar
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Being creative is experiencing the divine

The days are longer and it’s starting to feel like spring, a time for new beginnings. St. Andrew’s Art Guild – whose tagline is Inspired by God to Create – is half way in its spring art series. Participants are ...

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13 Mar
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God’s promises are for you

Just imagine Abram. He was an older guy, in his late 70s and he’d not had an easy life. He wasn’t enjoying fun times with any grandchildren – undoubtedly something many of us imagine from our 20s – because he ...

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09 Mar
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“Without mission, they are alone”

When she takes her holidays from work this spring, Sandra Burns is packing more than her desire to help people get the health care they need: She’s filling her luggage with basics we take for granted – like multivitamins, cough ...

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06 Mar
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Jesus has been there, done that

One of the incredible aspects of Jesus’ living among us was He became fully human. Which means He felt tired, hungry and tempted. As He journeyed soulfully in the desert for 40 days, the thought of some freshly baked bread ...

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02 Mar
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Lenten thoughts and journeys

So how do we journey with Jesus during Lent? Do we imagine what He faced as He ventured into the wilderness and what was ahead – death on a cross? On Ash Wednesday, do we consider what our mortality – ...

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27 Feb
2

Butterflies… transformed and transforming

One of the amazing things in nature is the journey of the caterpillar. The humble caterpillar munches and munches. He seeks nourishment, then cocoons himself and rests. He then emerges an entirely different creature. That’s God’s plan for us. We ...

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25 Feb
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We pray for peace

  As part of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, we join in praying with our partners in Ukraine as they and all around them are faced with war, danger and uncertainty. we pray for safety and peace, comfort for those ...

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23 Feb
1

Caring beyond Canada’s borders

Doing God’s work isn’t something any of us do alone. Partnerships are key. And so it is with the Presbyterian Church in Canada’s International Ministries’ work. Rev. Dr. Glynis Williams – the Associate Secretary for International Ministries of the Life ...

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