Author: Wendy Reaume (Wendy Reaume)

As I sleep tonight I can hear the gentle crashing of the ocean waves against the rocks just outside my door.  I am visiting at my brother and sister-in-law’s and they have a cottage literally right on the ocean.  At first the noise of the wind and the waves was gentle, but after our chatting...

Ben Kilham didn’t learn like other children in school.  He couldn’t read well when it came to the written word but this was by no means a measure of his intelligence, because when it came to animals in the wild, Ben could certainly read their signals.  In fact, this naturalist from New England, USA is...

Here is a math trick for you.  Pick any number.  Add the next higher number to it.  Add 9 and divide by 2.  Now subtract the original number.  The answer will always be 5.  If you approach someone and tell them to pick any number and not tell you what it is, and then you...

I visited a fjord over March break.  We headed up island as a family and walked amongst the treetops on a boardwalk in the sky.  After climbing 32 meters in the air we had a literal ‘bird’s eye view’ of the fjord.  All around were pine trees and cedars.  The ocean was vast and we...

Spring is upon us and all around is new life.  Just a few weeks ago piglets were born on our sons’ farm.  There is a fawn in the area and tulips and cherry blossoms are everywhere.  In some provinces the crocuses are poking their heads out of snow, and in others the hills are covered...

You can’t talk about Biblical love without thinking about 1 Corinthians 13, the love chapter of the New Testament.   Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not envy. It does not boast. It is not proud. It does not dishonour others. It is not self-seeking. It is not easily angered. It keeps no...

Have you ever heard anyone say, ‘The Bible is full of rules and don’ts!’  Often I react to this with an argument that there are just as many do’s as don’ts:  Love your neighbour as yourself; Love the Lord your God; Rejoice always; Always give thanks.   Sounds like a positive thinking, optimistic outlook self-help...

God’s love is inclusive.  If we were ever to doubt that God loves and desires every single person to come to Him and benefit from the gift of eternal life, forgiveness of sins, and blessings in this life and the next, then we only have to read the book of Jonah. Jonah is referred to...

Roses are red,  Pizza sauce is too. I’ll order a large And share it with you. Roses are red, Violets are blue. My dog is my favourite, But you’re OK, too. Enough with the Valentine’s already!  I don’t want to tell you how much time I spent looking those up—however, that is another form that...

This week we will celebrate a day that sees more Hallmark cards purchased and mailed than any other single holiday of the year—Valentine’s Day.  Regardless  of the origin, it has become a day symbolizing love through the giving of cards, dinners out, chocolates and flowers.  Restaurants pull out all the stops and make sure the...

The fourth week of advent falls this year on the day before Christmas.  It falls literally the night before the lighting of the Christ candle and that is so appropriate for this candle represents love.  As we prepare for Christmas we are aware that Jesus, the reason for the season is only possible because of...

Despite the hustle and bustle, I would say the majority of us look forward to the joy of the Christmas season.  There is the delight of seeing someone unwrap a gift that you just know they will love.  Grandparents and siblings are invited to Christmas school shows and nativity plays at church, and everyone smiles...

The second candle we light is for the second week of Advent and it represents peace.  It’s the standard answer for a beauty pageant contestant.  “If you could have one wish come true what would that be?”  WORLD PEACE.  We chuckle at the answer and yet if there was ever a time our world needed...

If I was to ask what our young people need today, many of you would probably answer, ‘They need hope.’  There is a mental health crisis in our world and especially North America unlike any other time.  People are seeking but without direction.  They are looking for purpose and fulfillment not even knowing who they...

Jesus is the reason for the season.  All around us, in shopping malls, school concerts and skating rinks we hear traditional carols being sung and played and guess what?  Almost all of them proclaim the coming of Christmas…that’s Christ   mass.   This week there was a discussion on songs at the Secondary School my...

James is a rich book and I love the practicality of this friend of Christ.  You have probably heard the saying, “Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.”  Well, you don’t get that with Brother James!  His advice is very, very earthly good.  And in our passage today, maybe too...

This week I flew into Toronto with my mom.  The plan was to go to my brother’s place, attend my nephew’s wedding, visit some people and then fly home.  Just before leaving I took a picture of my calendar.  Why?  Just in case plans changed, at least I would know what I had to rearrange....

As our eight children have grown up we have stumbled through parenting just like everyone else, and every now and again we stumbled upon something that worked.  One of these little gems has been with what comes out of the mouth.  James addresses our tongues. James 3:9-12   With the tongue we praise our Lord...

When we study the Bible, we must be true to what is written just as you would be true to the content of any letter you receive. We don’t read a birthday card that says, ‘I will take you to a movie’ and claim it for our own when it is addressed to Dear Dolores....

James is a unique book of the Bible, written by a brother of Jesus (not the Apostle James).  James obviously knew of his brother and what was claimed about him [Jesus], but only became a believer after the resurrection.  James was obviously impacted by the life of Christ, and in much of the book he...