We Never Walk Alone – Kallie Wood

I was humbled and honoured to be a voice in this real conversation on Courage and Inclusion with amazing women from across Saskatchewan.  See Hear Love are always gracious hosts and they love to laugh, love life, love crucial conversations, and love Jesus!  I am always elated to share teachings from our culture and it…

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Corina Kung – Navigating High Expectations

Corina Kung was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta. She has been involved in ministry for over 25 years teaching, counselling and mentoring numerous people from children to young adults. After graduating with a Bachelor of Education at the University of Calgary she enrolled in a Discipleship Training School (DTS) with Youth With a Mission…

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Jessica Irwin – Single Parent Advice

Jessica Irwin is a small business owner and passionately volunteers as the Women’s Ministry Lead over Groups at Experience Church in Calgary, AB. Jessica has two passionate daughters Haven and Tatum, who share her love for speaking and teaching. Jessica’s heart is for the lost, the lonely, the limited, and those hiding from their calling.…

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Your Words Can Create Worlds – Jessica Irwin

“If you see something beautiful in someone.. speak it.” – Ruthie Lindsey. In this season where the words “isolation” and “distancing” have become a frequent part of our dialogue, I have felt a strong pull to shrink back, to retreat, and to limit my thinking. The idea of being present has caused me to live…

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8 Weeks In & 8 Weeks to Come – Christa Hesselink

Eight weeks ago all of us were rushing around preparing to “hunker down” in some sort of quarantined-social-distancing-isolated reality. I thought it would a pause – like a nap in a busy day. I had early to mid-April in my sights – I was hoping that’s when we’d “get back at it”. I think most…

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Strength for Today – Mei Lyn Freeman

It’s March, a brisk, cold winter morning greets my alarm and my eyes open. I take a deep breath in and slowly release air from my lungs. I watch my warm steamy air break through the coldness around me and I am reminded that we are in Canada. I pray, “Lord, give me strength for…

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Really, How are you?… – Giovanna Bonomo-Blescia

How to liberate your words when fear is holding them hostage If you’re finding it difficult to find the words that follow the “How are you?” question these days — chances are, your words are being held hostage by fear.  You know what you want to say. The words are right there at the tip…

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A Long Shadow – Michelle Schwarz

When my dad’s life was taken by an impaired driver, I expected to see remorse from the man who was responsible. When that did not happen in the criminal justice proceedings, I decided that he did not deserve my forgiveness. Although that may even be true from a purely human perspective, that’s not God’s way,…

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Made Whole Again – Stacey Campbell

For all that gets written and talked about on the subject of forgiveness, why is it so hard to achieve let alone maintain? If only our most earnest efforts at forgiveness translated into the results of the freedom and peace we crave after an offence occurs. God’s answer to offence is forgiveness. He demonstrates it…

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