We Are The World, We Love Ourselves
I was 15 when the original We Are the World hit the airwaves. I think it was for Ethiopia at the time, was it not? It kind of escapes me now. But I remember thinking that it was an interesting idea,...
View ArticleYou Can't Live Well Without Community
photo © 2010 Laura Paul | more info (via: Wylio) This weekend I taught at Write Canada, the Canadian Christian writers’ conference. I love going there and just networking with people, and it’s a...
View ArticleEmpowering Women the World Over–Do We Know How Good We've Got It?
Some of the greatest highlights of my life will always be the missions trips that our family has taken to the Mulli Children’s Family in Africa. It’s a home for orphaned, neglected and abused...
View ArticleWhat If Marriage Matters?
Every Friday my column appears in a bunch of papers in Ontario and Saskatchewan. This week’s column asks the question: what if marriage matters? What if we’ve started this vast social experiment saying...
View ArticleIKEA’s Helping Refugees–with their Brighter Lives for Refugees Program
Lately I’ve been busy. And we’ve had some major ups (things to celebrate!) and some major downs (health problems) in my extended family. And when that happens we often get really self-absorbed. We...
View ArticleWhat a Difference a Light Makes! With IKEA Brighter Lives
What would it be like to live without lights? IKEA asked me to be part of a campaign to raise awareness for their Brighter Lives initiative, where they supply refugee camps in Jordan, Ethiopia, Chad,...
View ArticleThe Lulu Tree, Christmas Giving, and How One Blogger Made a Difference
Today lean in close, as author Emily T. Wierenga shares a story about The Lulu Tree, which will mark and change your life. Engage her story and respond. It may change countless lives. I never planned...
View ArticleWhen A Lovely Marriage Seems Like a Pipe Dream
I was browsing through Facebook recently when a cute picture came up. It was a selfie taken by two pretty women in their mid-twenties trying to show off their baby bumps. They were cousins, pregnant...
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