Stories and Thoughts

“Fullerton pack up your books and go home.” I remember those words clearly. The paper dart game had been going on for some time in the...

Growing up on the Canadian prairies, just a touch south of latitude 52, I have witnessed the splendor of the midsummer sun’s gradual...

What is there about Israel that draws pilgrims and busloads of tourists from all over the world? A tiny country of approximately ten...

Easter comes in our season of spring: snow changes to water, frozen earth to green grass and yellow dandelions, and frozen streams turn...

I waited anxiously wondering how many valentines if any, I would receive that Valentine’s Day. A box had been placed in our middle-school...

The creche today still projects the Christmas message – God is present in our world.

At the country school I first attended, at the end of June, the community held a picnic on the school grounds. Games were played, races...

I am a citizen of two countries. I was once told, “You are privileged to be a citizen of two wonderful countries?” My reply was, “Yes,...

There is so much I didn’t know about my father. I knew he loved music, could recite volumes of poetry, The Cremation of Sam McGee in its...