“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]

Someone is hovering around me…a vital change is taking place in my life today.

My worrying over the future has come to an end.

Here’s the scoop . . God left a note in His book telling me He loves me and He’s assumed full responsibility for me!

Because He created my life He’s responsible to take… [Continue Reading]

The following is a letter from the Board of Directors of the Sheppard Ministries Society:
Dear Friend,
This year, the world was captivated as the Olympic Torch was passed from person to person on its long journey across Canada. Likewise, with the homegoing of our beloved friend and brother Art Sheppard, a torch has been passed at… [Continue Reading]

I salute and bless faithful Mothers today!
I honor faithful Fathers too.

We were in Poland helping Tarmo Kostomo several years ago.  He had asked us to minister on Marriage and Family Structure. The Communist rule of the country had ended. However, the residue of political oppression still remained, taking  it’s toll on family… [Continue Reading]

Until we’ve learned something from our past we cannot forget it nor can we leave it behind (as in ‘dropping’ it; ’ignoring’ it, etc). If that were possible, our past would become a wasted experience and God does not deal in waste… our whole life is important to Him… that’s why He teaches us through the good… [Continue Reading]

4 E-Z Ways to Deepen Your Relationship with God/The Big Spirit . . . John ShoreFrequently I share with my friends (you’re one of them) the writings of a good friend of mine, John Shore.  I appreciate his straightforward, often out-of-the-box, irreverent forms (to some) of non-traditional ways of saying something. One… [Continue Reading]

The beauty of failure is in knowing our Father understands human failure!

He doesn’t have a nervous breakdown because you or I have failed.

Failure is a way of life but it doesn’t mean the end of our life, even though our character and reputation appear to have been tarnished. Because we failed in a certain… [Continue Reading]

I was just informed that since we launched the new website on Sunday night there have been 350 unique hits on it. I want the content of the website to bless those who log on… keep me, please, on the top of your prayer list. It is vital that I be covered and… [Continue Reading]

Just when I thought my day was planned and all under control, I get a ‘ 911′ call from someone in the building about my neighbour, also a widow, who is in distress.  Immediately, the ‘dark side’ of my soul plead “too busy, too tired”.  “Please God, send someone else to her.”  It’s a proven fact that just when… [Continue Reading]