Wrestling as Prayer

And what is your name? One of the memories I carry from my childhood is the sound of my father singing to me from the doorway of my bedroom, guitar across his knee.  One of his favourite songs was based on the story of Jacob’s ladder, a vision that the Old Testament...

Vertigo, allowing transformation in disorientation

Vertigo Recently I learned first-hand the dizzying experience of vertigo, and that for me, vertigo was caused by crystals dislodged in the inner ear and floating in the labyrinth canals.  These crystals, when dislodged, cause a person to lose the ability to have...

A tribute to Elsie Goerzen

Elsie.  How does one describe this precious woman?  Sister, friend, confidante, maternal presence, coach, advocate, encourager.  Elsie Georzen was all those things to me.  It has been a shock to my heart to know her time has come and that she has slipped into the...

Tribute to my father, Jacob Herman Friesen

Tribute to my father, Jacob Friesen On Sunday, December 28th, at the age of 94, my father, Jacob Herman Friesen, passed peacefully from this life into the next.  The past two years have been a slow decline in health with cancer and other complications, but he was...

Love Breathes with Me III

Have you ever felt the gift of someone’s simple presence?  Were words necessary?  Were actions needed? I’ve become curious about the gift of presence – where we experience it and where it emerges in moments which brings impact, which causes us to...

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