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  • Watercolor Wednesday: A seaside scene

    As it’s the Easter holidays (at least in the UK), and many people are away enjoying a break (such as those hearing the cawing of the sea gulls at Spring Harvest), I thought it a good time to share this lovely seaside scene by my dad, Leo Boucher. Take a moment to look at it,…

  • Devotional of the week: Life by the Spirit (7 in Fruit of the Spirit series)

    But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. (Galatians 5:22–26) In contrast to the false teachers who wanted to place the Galatians under rules and regulations, Paul wants them to live in step with the Spirit. As they depend…

  • Christ is risen!

    The chorus of voices joins together with joy to say, “Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia!” On this Easter day, may you know the love of the Father, who willingly gave his Son to become a man who died and rose again. May you know the gift of the Son, the Risen Christ,…

  • Holy Saturday: A day of waiting

    The alleluias are still buried, and Christ isn’t yet risen. We wait. We stand with others who are living in a dark tunnel of pain and questions, all the while hoping, praying, and loving. We wait. Come, Lord Jesus.

  • Five Minute Friday: Not settling for less

    Today’s Five-minute Friday prompt is settle. As in, “She really settled,” said the snide friend about another. Or, “Settle down!” said the mom to her rambunctious child. A bit of an odd prompt for this Good Friday, I thought, but then I did a quick internet search and came up with the second definition: To…

  • Watercolor Wednesday: Looking to the Cross

    As we ponder the cross this Holy Week, may we understand more deeply the gift of Jesus’ sacrifice.

  • Devotional of the week: Bearing fruit (6 in Fruit of the Spirit series)

    But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22–26 We’re looking at the fruit of the Spirit again this week (and next). Again, remember that these all spring forth from love. When Paul wrote, joy was also a…

  • Five Minute Friday: Anything but Routine

    Routines make up the stuff of life. Whether from brushing our teeth to making the bed (or not) to checking our social-media feeds, we fill our lives with actions that we do again and again. Some of the routines can be life-giving, and some can suck the energy from us. Some of my best routines?…

  • Watercolor Wednesday: Sailing at Sunset

    Sailboats on the water… so many of you appreciated the sailboat painting by my dad, Leo Boucher, that I posted a few weeks ago that I thought I’d share this watercolor with you today. What’s the story behind it, do you think? Maybe it’s coming up to dusk, those moments of stillness and change in…

  • Devotional of the week: Fruit that lasts (5 in Fruit of the Spirit series)

    But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22–26 We’ve made it! After a few weeks in the series, we’re here at the nine-fold list that you may have thought I would only focus on (if so, sorry…