Category Archives: Reality

HOW HOSPITABLE IS YOUR MARRIAGE?

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Noelene

  “Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place.”  – Henri … Continue reading →

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THE SUPPER TABLE

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Noelene

Recently I asked my fourteen-year-old daughter what her idea of marriage is.  Her reply amazed me.  She said that her idea of marriage is like ‘the supper table’! Below are some of the reasons she gave.  I have taken her … Continue reading →

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DAMAGED – by Amy Curry

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Noelene

Sue Allen has worked in the small post office on the corner of Bird Drive since she was 21, she is now 41. It is a quiet post office, which asks and expects little from her. She likes the fact … Continue reading →

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A WEE BIT OF INFORMATION CAN CHANGE YOUR WHOLE PERSPECTIVE

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Noelene

  Humans of New York, March 18, 2014  “There are a lot of ‘Irish’ pubs in America, but they just don’t have the ‘craic.’ You know the word ‘craic,’ don’t you? Craic is a special fun atmosphere that Irish people can … Continue reading →

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MARRIAGE IS LIKE A GARDEN

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Noelene

  When our older two daughters were in preschool, they came home one day with sunflower seeds wrapped in cotton wool and proudly told us that they were going to “grow them into big sunflowers”. There was a real sense … Continue reading →

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FIGHTING THE SINKING SAND OF DEPRESSION

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Noelene

Sometimes when we come face to face with our own darkness, inadequacies, guilt, sins, worthlessness, anger and jealousies it feels like we are walking into sinking sand.  The more we fight and struggle the quicker we are pulled under. It … Continue reading →

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MISGIVINGS

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Noelene

“The reason some of us are such poor examples of Christianity is that we have failed to recognize that Christ is almighty. Our misgivings begin within ourselves when we tell Jesus that our circumstances are just a little too difficult … Continue reading →

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MEN AND WOMEN JUST DON’T THINK THE SAME!

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Noelene

In 1992, John Gray wrote a book titled Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. Catchy title, but the notion that there is a vast difference between men and women is so true! My husband and I have been married for twenty-two years and … Continue reading →

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SULKING – HERS AND MINE!

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Noelene

One of my least favourite verses in the Bible is “why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?” (Matthew 7:3 NIV) I dislike this verse because … Continue reading →

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HOW GOD REVEALS HIMSELF TO OUR CHILDREN!

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Noelene

The only reason I am writing a third post for the third consecutive day is because I have writer’s block!  The dictionary defines writer’s block as “an inability to think of ideas, which writers sometimes suffer from”.  Well, I have … Continue reading →

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