by Krista | Jan 30, 2023 | Hope, Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection |
As a child, I was afraid of the dark. Whenever I visited friends in the evening and had to walk home in the dark, I imagined all sorts of things waiting to jump out at me from the bushes. As the years have passed, I have discovered that sometimes the paths of life...
by Krista | Jan 21, 2023 | Poetry Blog, The Forest |
Sometimes, my thoughts are filled with storms… worries and anxieties that may or may not come to pass… ruminations of past events that I wish had gone differently… and I wonder if it will ever feel quite right again. But I have now learned to intentionally stop...
by Krista | Dec 31, 2022 | Hope, New Beginnings, Poetry Blog, Winter |
Sometimes I feel as if I am waiting for something to happen… something to change… something better to come. But when I reflect on it a little more, I realise that my life only changes when I myself change. I change my mindset, my goals, my hopes, my plans. The truth...
by Krista | Dec 24, 2022 | Faith, Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection, Winter |
I find it difficult to put my finger on a clear description of each of the advent principles on which our faith is built: hope, peace, joy, and love. Yet if we consider each one individually, we can see that Christ embodies each one of them. Through his greatest act...
by Krista | Dec 20, 2022 | Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection, Winter |
It is nearly Christmas, and miraculously, we have been blessed by a winter storm that will give us the white Christmas we had hoped for. Most of the time, I am grateful for the mild climate here in Victoria – the short winters, the warmth of an early spring, the long...
by Krista | Dec 18, 2022 | Hope, Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection, The Sea |
It took me a long time to puzzle out the meaning of this quote. It came to me at a time when I needed a piece of wisdom to guide my life and help me make sense of what was happening. As a family, we were going through a very difficult time. My son...
