Your Lonely Island of Circumstances

Your Lonely Island of Circumstances

  Some people have a phobia about islands. They feel trapped – surrounded by water. Confined. Cut-off. Stranded. They wonder how a person could ever be contented living on an island. Incidentally, we live on Prince Edward Island. For the most part, in 2022,...
Your Lonely Island of Circumstances

How to be Happy

  Back in 1988, Bobby McFerrin wrote a song entitled: “Don’t Worry, Be Happy.” It reached #1 on the Top 100 chart on Sept. 24th, 1988 and held that position for two weeks. Here’s a snippet of that popular song. Here’s a little song I wrote...
Your Lonely Island of Circumstances

Pleasing the Lord

Have you heard the expression: “She’s a people pleaser?” Psychologists have written extensively on the subject of people-pleasers. People-pleasers find it easier to go along with what someone else wants or thinks rather than express their own...
Your Lonely Island of Circumstances

What is a Habit?

Rain or shine, He was there. Every Saturday, He did the same thing. Out the door and down the little street, He went.  You knew the next turn He’d make. A neighbour could say: “I know exactly where He’s going. See, I told you! And now watch:...
Your Lonely Island of Circumstances

The Day Elijah Failed Mathematics

Furious Jezebel may have been ‘frothing’ at the mouth with her fists clenched. To say she was livid would be an understatement. Watch out, Elijah! She means business. If her husband King Ahab wimped out, she sure wasn’t going to. Ahab had the...
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