Advent
Ep. 202 – Becoming A Peacemaker In a World of Divisiveness, Hostility & Strife
In today’s See Hear Love episode we continue our Advent series focused on PEACE. We prepare our hearts and minds for the coming of the PRINCE OF PEACE. The one who brings SHALOM to the world! Join Host Melinda, Grace Spencer (Pastor, Reunion Church) and Drew Brown (Social Justice Advocate & Music Producer) along with…
Read MoreFollowing in the Way of Peace – Holly Fortier
Following in the Way of Peace Holly Fortier This has been quite the year… The COVID-19 pandemic, shut down and stay at home orders, loss of jobs and businesses, work and school from home, isolation, fragile mental health issues, racial tension and uprising… and many other devastating events. I am sure you, dear reader, have…
Read MoreEp. 201 – Preparing & Expecting For The Coming & Birth of Christ
In today’s See Hear Love episode we begin our Advent series focused on HOPE. We prepare our hearts and minds for the birth of Christ. The Hope of the World! Join Host Melinda, Grace Spencer (Pastor, Reunion Church) and Drew Brown (Social Justice Advocate & Music Producer) along with monthly segment contributors Addison Bevere (Author,…
Read MoreHope Has a Name, and His Name is Jesus – Christina Thé
Hope has a name, and his name is Jesus. I was once hopeless – in despair. I thought I was living, but I was merely surviving. Even after I asked Jesus into my heart and proclaimed him as my Lord and Saviour, I would have bouts of cyclical darkness and severe depression. In those dark…
Read MoreCheerios and Choosing Hope – Tiffany Espensen
Cheerios and Choosing Hope Tiffany Espensen When I was a little girl, my mother always knew when I was about to cause a mess. I would audibly shout “uh-oh” before I chucked my cheerios at the wall. 2020 was also messy. In the beginning, everything was going smoothly, and then all of a sudden, that…
Read MoreEp. 164: How To End Conflict – Peace and Proximity
Join Host Melinda Estabrooks, Co-Hosts Cheryl Nembhard and Linda Cho along with special guests Ann Voskamp, Rebecca Thomson and Stephanie Joy Styres as they discuss peace and reconciliation on this second week of Advent. The conversation focuses on how to be a peacemaker and that peace is about proximity, relationships, listening, education, action and repentance.…
Read MoreThe Light of the World
In the ancient world, when someone very important was about to arrive, it was called an Advent. Many Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus for four Sundays with an Advent Wreath. We add the light of one fresh candle each Sunday until Christmas Eve. The wreath is round to symbolize eternity and green for everlasting life. Three…
Read MoreHope – The Birth of a Saviour
Among the wonderful things that have happened to me since I moved to Toronto two years ago are that I got a job at World Vision Canada and I met Melinda Estabrooks, a former employee of that organization and someone whom I have come to greatly admire for her courage and leadership. What Melinda and…
Read MoreJoanna’s Vlog – Merry Christmas to the Single Ladies
Co-Host Joanna shares this encouraging vlog to all the Single Ladies out there this Christmas. Love Yourself. Love Others. Because God loves you. He created you. He’s for you. He’s with you. So, instead of wishing for what you DON’T HAVE. LOVE WELL the family and friends you DO HAVE. And, LOVE YOURSELF WELL this…
Read MoreLove Born In A Stable
I wrote a Christmas song a few years ago called “Saviour Of The World”. I sat at my piano and mentally placed myself in the Christmas story; I wondered what if would feel like to be waiting the arrival of the Messiah – I could smell the stable, hear the people scurrying around waiting for…
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