Passion and Wonder
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. – Jeremiah 29:11 When we commit to playing our role in [...]
One Candle
“One candle can light a thousand and is in no way diminished--but actually resurrects in a thousand ways.” Ann Voskamp, The Broken Way, Zondervan Press, 2016 One candle. That’s what would have been on the cake at Willem Kees Huig [...]
From Dunker to Doctor (Part 2)
Support on the Path: Family and Friends It could be said for all of us. Unless someone has walked a mile in our shoes ( or tool belt or business suit or chef’s apron, . . .) they can’t fully [...]
From Dunker to Doctor
Alumnus Mark Dykstra's Story More than thirteen years after his last slam-dunk on the basketball courts at Edmonton Christian School, Mark Dykstra is still a student. As a Chief Surgical Resident at the U of A with an upcoming Surgical [...]
Drawing Straight With Crooked lines
A former colleague and Principal of ECNS closed all her e-mails with an Andrew Greeley quote : “God draws straight with crooked lines.” It was a reminder that God can use flawed people, like me, to do God’s purpose. As [...]
Miracles, Mud and MLAs
A Throwback-Thursday Glimpse at the Life of Alumnus Janelle Herbert “Every day is a miracle!” The smile on Janelle's face grows as she shares how, as a farmer, it is hard NOT to recognize that we are in God’s creation. [...]