It has been a long time in between posts again. I have been having some difficulty with finding a spare moment or two these past few weeks as we have finally moved into our new offices and are back to using the church Hall and the new Sunday school space upstairs. There will be a... Continue Reading →

After my last post I went back to reading some of Rainer Maria Rilke’s poetry. I read the poem ‘Give me your Hand.’ Give Me Your Hand God speaks to each of us as he makes us,then walks with us silently out of the night. These are words we dimly hear:You, sent out beyond your... Continue Reading →

In his book Letters to a Young Poet Rainer Maria Rilke writes, “Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue.  Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because... Continue Reading →

You may or may not have read or seen news about the tragic events of December 21st in the town of Upper Island Cove, Newfoundland & Labrador. Just before Christmas these two boys were riding together on an ATV, an activity all too common for youngsters in the rural parts of beautiful Newfoundland. At some... Continue Reading →

Take a look at the exciting work at the church. It is amazing what has been accomplished. Fausto Volpatti has been working people hard and he tells us that in a couple of weeks we should be able to use that church hall and Sunday school space and we should be into our new offices.... Continue Reading →

Spiritual Choices “Choices make the difference. Two people are in the same accident and severely wounded. They did not choose to be in the accident. It happened to them. But one of them chose to live the experience in bitterness, the other in gratitude. These choices radically influenced their lives and the lives of their... Continue Reading →

  “Ring out the old, ring in the new,Ring, happy bells, across the snow:The year is going, let him go;Ring out the false, ring in the true.” Alfred, Lord Tennyson wrote those words in 1850. It is an appropriate chorus at this time of year. Happy New Year!  The words ring out- everyone offers that... Continue Reading →