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Turning Junk Into Something Beautiful
I had one of the most amazing weekends I’ve had in a long time this past weekend. First, let me explain how precious weekends are to me. As a speaker, I don’t have a lot of free weekends. I’m often on...
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Choosing Joy
Every Friday my syndicated column appears in a bunch of newspapers in southeastern Ontario and Saskatchewan. This week’s is about choosing joy: recognizing the beauty in everyday life, and revelling in...
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Question of the Week: Tell Me About Your Pre-Marital Counseling
Every weekend I like to post a question someone sends in and let you readers have a go at it. This week, though, all my questions were really complex and not easily summarized. I never post someone’s...
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What if Balance is Overrated?
Balance. It’s the buzzword of this generation. In our hectic lives, everyone is searching for that elusive thing called “balance”, where we feel like we’re living out our priorities, we’re able to get...
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Are You in a Good Pattern for Your Marriage?
When we were on our speaking tour in Australia in May, we drove a grand total of 6000 km. Or rather, my husband drove 6000 km. In a campervan. On the wrong side of the road. There was no way I was...
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Sometimes It’s Not that People Need Help. It’s that You Need to Help
I spend far too much of my time angry at the world. I read your comments and emails about marriages that sound so difficult, largely because of extreme selfishness on one person’s part, manifesting...
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Jesus Doesn’t Leave Holes. He Fixes Them.
I’d like to tell you a story today about socks, holes, and re-knitting something beautiful. I love knitting socks. Well, I love knitting anything, but socks are great when it’s hot because they’re...
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Unveiling a Ten Year Project: Plus Serving a God Who Knits Everything Together
On the a vacation we took just over a decade ago, I started knitting a blanket. It was what knitters call a “sock yarn blanket”, meaning that it’s made from all the ends of balls you have after you’ve...
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