Loving Outside Our Bubble

Laura Loopstra was our special guest on See Hear Love and gave us a great lesson on how to very practically love others in our world. Loving others isn’t something that comes naturally for us, but it is necessary if we call ourselves Christian. Personally, I even think it’s necessary for our own holistic health.…

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How to Make a Love Basket with Printable Labels

Hey everyone, I’m Laura! I’m so excited to be guest-blogging for See Hear Love, and as a blogger and DIYer myself over at wellingtonandgrey.com, it was a pleasure to put together a craft idea that went with the theme on See Hear Love this month, Loving Others.  February can be a difficult time for some people and it can be…

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Truth In, Truth Out

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.”  [Mark 12:30] Happy Love Month, Y’all! Isn’t love a grand thing? All month on See Hear Love we are chatting about love – and, I’ve got to tell you – the…

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Do It All In Love 

February is the month of love! We celebrate romantic love on Valentine’s Day, friendship love on Galentine’s Day, and family love on Family Day, which is now a holiday in many provinces. On See Hear Love, we are also celebrating another kind of love: our love for our Creator. In Luke 10:27, Jesus commands us…

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Love and Obedience: Heather and Jeff Smyth

It’s not every day that you hear someone say that cancer was all part of God’s better plan for her, but that’s exactly what Heather Smyth believes. Heather was just out of Bible school when, as a 24 year old, she was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, a type of cancer usually experienced by older…

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Marriage Truths with Ann Mainse

Faith Strong Today

As someone who has been married for just over a year in my second marriage, I loved Ann Mainse’s show, where she shared her tips for a great marriage. Ann and her husband Ron – who might be familiar to you from 100 Huntley Street and other programs on YES TV and has a daily podcast…

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It’s Not Your Fault: Forgiveness, Matt Damon, and EMDR

If you haven’t see our recent SHL episode about Forgiveness, it’s definitely one that is worth a watch. I just re-watched it myself to write this post, and the conversation about forgiveness, healing, and letting go of things from our past is incredibly important for us all, particularly in the climate of things swirling in…

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Seven Steps to Genuinely Forgive Your Offender

 Seven Steps to Genuinely Forigive Your Offender from Dr. Tat-Ying Wong of the Grace Health Centre Acknowledge the Hurt (how you were hurt) Acknowledge your feelings and consequences of this hurt Discover the cause of the hurt Unmet needs Broken expectations Violated rights Boundary intrusions Broken rules Negative thoughts Distorted unhealthy beliefs Value and priority conflicts…

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Forgiveness (When It’s Really Really Hard)

Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.  – Colossians 3:13 When Melinda said she wanted me to write a blog post on forgiveness, I took a deep breath. Forgiveness has always been the toughest part of my faith walk. I’ve…

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Kimberley’s Favourite Past Show

Picking a favourite See Hear Love show is no small task – let me tell you! Every show has its wealth of inspiration and hope and fun and goodness. I have spent some time re-playing so many of our past shows and have been re-inspired and moved deeply by each of them. But…I did pick…

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