by Barbara Lardinais | June 14, 2019 | Wake Up Call
I remember once reading about a remote village in Asia that a journalist visited. Though the village was extremely poor it was idyllic as far as beauty and boasted clean air with a peaceful orderly life for the people. He noted that they had no garbage at all; nothing...
by Barbara Lardinais | June 7, 2019 | Wake Up Call
I remember one wonderful July night some years ago while I was on vacation with my sister-in-law’s big family. They rented a cottage on Lake Michigan every year. After a full day of sun and beach, the evenings were always given over to a favorite board game....
by Barbara Lardinais | May 31, 2019 | Wake Up Call
Lately I have been hearing a lot of people putting words in God’s mouth. It’s not their fault really because they are being pressed to do so. I’m talking about the news media and talk shows hosts who get religious leaders on TV and then pummel them...
by Barbara Lardinais | May 24, 2019 | Wake Up Call
I just noticed something new while reading the Bible story of how Jacob was sent off by his parents Isaac and Rebekah to pick a wife. As Jacob went, he stopped overnight and had a dream encounter with God. He saw a ladder extending to heaven with angels going up and...
by Barbara Lardinais | May 17, 2019 | Wake Up Call
Hundreds of years before Christ came, Isaiah spoke of him; “A bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not extinguish.” (Isaiah 42:3) If you have the feeling that you are barely hanging on – your light growing dimmer and...
by Barbara Lardinais | May 10, 2019 | Wake Up Call
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” Edith Wharton A few days ago I opened a book and found a sticky note with that quote written on it and it was not in my handwriting. I have no idea how I got it or...
