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By Joan Kwiatkowski One day I was telling Debra Hoffos about how I make quilts for cancer patients. At this time we were in a small group doing the 3:16 study. I told her how I put 3:16 on the quilts so that people might ask what that is. Of course then they could find

By Colleen Cottrill In March, I started a new job.  During this tumultuous time in my life, I was blessed by the compassion and thoughtfulness of a good friend and previous colleague of mine, Fran.  She gave me a beautiful plant to put on my desk to remember my old team by, and then, at

By Shane Shennan In our society, we often guard our free time very jealously. However, many people have helped me grow as a Christian by being very generous with their time. As a teenager and young adult, there were Sunday school teachers, small group leaders and mentors who would take the time to let me

By Jeannie Mazzuocco In September my family was offered four tickets from the Sick Kids Foundation (SKF), to go to the first Toronto Maple Leafs game at the ACC Centre. My sons, Victor and Michael did go but I offered the other two tickets to another transplant recipient boy and his parent. They could not

By Tracy Hoffos “I don’t know why I’m here!  I spotted your van and was compelled to come.” a young man said as he poked his head through the entrance to my van. Deb & I had moved from mid-northern British Columbia and I had converted an old cube van into a mobile Christian bookstore

By Tracy Hoffos “I don’t know why I’m here!  I spotted your van and was compelled to come.” a young man said as he poked his head through the entrance to my van. Deb & I had moved from mid-northern British Columbia and I had converted an old cube van into a mobile Christian bookstore

By Laurie Smith Sometimes people come into our lives for a short period of time, yet impact our lives forever.  Such was the case when our small group had the privilege of having Myrna Voth join our group.  However, Myrna passed away April 5th of this year, a shock to us as she was only

By Debra Hoffos I was unprepared for the greeting that would come. After all, I seldom see my step granddaughter, Willow. The last time we had time together, I read her books and maybe we went cross-country skiing. Her dad told me how she had “taken a shining’” to me. Well that was a couple

By Rob Van Manen It’s been about a year since I returned home from the hospital.  I had been in the hospital for what was supposed to be a somewhat routine operation but God had another plan.  While in the hospital I contracted several infections and ended up in ICU.  It was a long two

By Mary Chantal I am a volunteer with ‘Out of the Cold’, a downtown outreach program that provides food and shelter to the homeless. You may think how wonderful I am for giving up my time to help others, but it is those who have no place to call home that I admire.  They have nothing to offer,