Our Shepherd
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His...
View ArticleThe Perilous “P” of Pinterest
Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool that helps you discover and save creative ideas. Use Pinterest to make meals, plan travel, do home improvement projects and more. I have a problem. With a...
View ArticleA New Cycle Begins
If WordPress hadn’t sent me that notification last night, my blog’s anniversary would have come and gone without me even realizing it. Hard to believe it’s been four years since I started Seeker of...
View ArticlePatris Scriptura
You have planted them, and they have taken root; they grow and bear fruit. You are always on their lips but far from their hearts. Yet you know me, O Lord, you see me and test my thoughts about you....
View ArticleFor the Love of Literacy
Last week, I received a package in the mail. It was honestly one of THE most exciting packages I’ve ever received. And this is coming from a woman who has a Mystic Seer, and who unknowingly won an...
View ArticleBeautifully Baroque: The Art of Peter Paul Rubens
When Peter Paul Rubens died on May 30th, 1640, the world mourned one of the greatest artists who ever lived. Deemed the “prince of painters and painter of princes” by one of this contemporaries,...
View ArticleComfort, Compassion & Deliverance
The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. ~ Psalm 18:2 You will again have compassion on...
View ArticleVintage Telephone Books: “How May I Direct Your Call?”
A few weeks ago, the local Homesteaders Museum was having a yard sale fundraiser. I haven’t been to any sort of yard sale in 10 years, but this one seemed to be buzzing (by small-town standards...
View ArticleIn Times of Adversity, Persevere
“Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, His body, and since we have a...
View ArticleA Tail of Some Squirrelly Visitors
On May 31st, I had a little visitor. Anyone who knows me personally is aware that I’m sort of the proverbial squirrel lady. I feed them, I talk to them, I adore them. Some people think that squirrels...
View ArticleThe Cherished Scarab
Mr. Jules Gravel, my Grade 9 art teacher, is a man who changed my life completely with some much needed advice. “You’re an excellent artist, Wendy, but exaggerate your shading. Darker darks. Lighter...
View ArticleCredo in Unum Deum
I believe in one God, His name is Jesus. Father TRUTH, Spirit LOVE, Son the FORM of God. Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.” Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me,...
View ArticleBrad Anderson & Marmaduke: Just Dog Gone Funny
One year ago today, the world lost one of its most talented cartoonists — Brad Anderson, creator of my second favourite Great Dane, Marmaduke. Scooby Doo is of course my favourite of the Gentle...
View ArticleSalvation Through Christ Alone
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good...
View Article“Bonanza”: The Classic Western With a Heart of Gold
Today, you’re not likely to see many Westerns on television. But from the 1940s through the early ’70s, the Stetson-sportin’, gun-slingin’, drawl-talkin’ gentlemen of old is exactly what audiences...
View ArticleA Few Simple Tricks for Non-Life-Threatening (But Annoying) Computer Issues
Okay, so computers aren’t really my thing. I’m fine with them, I can do all the basics and a few advanced things too. But aside from typing or photo/graphics/aesthetics-related tasks, I don’t pretend...
View ArticleThe Precepts of Paul: Being Kind
Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else. ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:15 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be...
View ArticleStay Tombed, Fiends…
Hey, it’s October! And you know what that means… Much like the full moon turns an ordinary man into a werewolf, the month of October transforms me into a blood-loving, fang-bearing, monster-obsessed...
View ArticleCreepy Cartoons: The 10 Scariest Episodes of Scooby Doo
Zoinks! This Halloween season, I want to spread appreciation for a rather underappreciated strain of the horror genre: Creepy cartoons. Horror is so much more than blood and gore, violence and terror....
View ArticlePeter Cushing: The King of Horror Who Never Liked the Term
I recently watched an interesting old black and white video clip of my favourite actor, Peter Cushing. In a 1973 BBC interview, the interviewer asks Cushing to explain why he doesn’t like the term...
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