“When a dark cloud hangs over our circumstances like a towering mountain, after a period of time it depletes our strength and dulls our discernment… we pray, pray, pray and sometimes fast for the cloud/mountain to move… but God is answering back:” Speak to it…take action…step up to the plate and make a decision one… [Continue Reading]

“Come… and rest for awhile.” Matthew 6:31
If the soul would find rest, it must divorce itself from the angst of anxiety; stepping aside from that which causes mental conflict. Physical rest in itself is partial and temporary. There is a rest in God that restores the soul for the season, bringing things into perspective… [Continue Reading]

“We’re only fruitful if our true inner life is released.” (Kirk Duncan)

Our seeds of fruitfulness often lie dormant in the dark ground of lostness.  The shell of a seed must be broken apart in order for the life in the seed to rise towards the Light above the ground to become what it… [Continue Reading]

‎Our mind is like a pair of socks… fits us but gets smelly if not changed… just like our bed needs fresh sheets or the dust mites of old skin take over! Like our closet full of clothes that no longer fit, we can resemble the traditional habits and beliefs of… [Continue Reading]

As I muse on 2011 I’m amazed at the changes in my life and the new places God has taken me!  The promise given to me when God took Art was that He was making all things new in my life!  Turns out that’s how things have happened!
A year ago on this weekend, I sold… [Continue Reading]

Greta Sheppard may be in her 80s, but she’s always pushing Sheppard Ministries to use new technology. Whether it be this blog, her Facebook page or her audio books, she believes in taking the message of Jesus’ hope to where the people are.
Today, Greta published her first-ever e-book, Falling Sparrow: Overcoming the Ghosts of Sexual… [Continue Reading]

I’M BACK . . . it’s been 12 months and many changes later since my beloved Art passed the Ministry torch to my hands.  Life has been busy with new opportunities, new people and a new location, all of which have brought pleasant surprises and joy to my family and myself.  FaceBook… [Continue Reading]

It’s been a busy ten months since we redesigned our Sheppard Ministries Board by adding new members, appointing a new chairman, Ed Bradley and a new treasurer Jordan Bateman. I stepped back as chairman at that time to become CEO of the ministry.  I’m happy to report that the finances have maintained… [Continue Reading]

“You can have enough to live on and still have nothing to live for.”

Last week I laid my husband to rest in the quaint cemetery of his hometown of Pangman in southern Saskatchewan… thus ending 60 years of marriage, joint parenting and ministry teamwork.

Flying home alone next day to Abbotsford was emotional. Entering our darkened condo… [Continue Reading]

Imagination and memories are miles apart in reality.

When we’re young we imagine…when we mature we remember. Memories, pleasant or otherwise, have no respect.  In fact, the older we get the more memories we have to store away.  They surface at the wierdest times…mostly when reminiscing with someone from our past or, more often,… [Continue Reading]