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A general history of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Campbellford, Ontario, from 1846 to 2016.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 (AMP)  But as to the suitable times and the precise seasons and dates, brethren, you have no necessity for anything being written to you.  For you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the (return of the) Lord will come (as unexpectedly and suddenly) as a...

Does the God of the Bible, who created the universe and the billions of people who inhabit the earth, really care about, love, and personally guide each individual who comes to Him by faith in Jesus Christ? The biblical answer is “yes,” as is powerfully illustrated in this true story of a young...

I remember so clearly that morning in 1972, at St. Mary’s and St. Cyprien’s, in the west end of Toronto, receiving during the Eucharist a clear revelatory call to become a priest in the Church of God. That morning, the Lord reaffirmed my calling, first given to me when I was nine! Since then,...

“It is a precious thing to speak in depth with fellow believers who have undergone profound suffering. Cameron Fraser and Sonya Taekema favor us with two such intimate conversations, one nested inside the other. Fraser shares Sonya’s diary of her daughter’s long, arduous, and repeatedly frustrating...

This is a story of a little girl, Claudia Jeanne Howe, (that’s me), who grew up in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. On March 1954, a tragedy hit. What was this little girl and her two sisters to do? Who would take care of us? We were too little to take care of ourselves! The memories of that night are still...

Finding myself thousands of miles from home in China, unable to write, read, understand or speak the language, I realized I was suddenly ostensibly illiterate. With none of the resources available to me back in Ontario, I was forced to draw on the years I spent attending a one-room Ontario school...

We went to Zambia, Africa in 1972 for our first term working in international missions. We were involved full-time in international missions from 1972 until retiring in 2005 because of my needing open-heart surgery. We also lived in South Africa and Malawi as missionaries during that time period,...

Since 1965 Henry Wildeboer has served as a pastor in three Christian Reformed churches in Washington (USA), Alberta and Ontario (Canada). He taught Leadership Development at Tyndale Seminary (Toronto) and worked as a Regional Director for his denomination. He is a mentor and coach for pastors and...

Pastors’ spouses are not homogeneous, but all face similar challenges. This book will inspire pastors and their spouses, seminarians and their spouses, church members and the general public to a deeper respect for a corps of faithful servants who receive few thanks, but who lovingly inspire a global...

There has never been anyone else like Him.  Jesus of Nazareth changed the world. Told with reverence, humor, and simplicity, here are thirteen glimpses of that miraculous life.  Wendell Kent is a retired pastor and a graduate of Wheaton College and Grace Theological Seminary. He lives in the Upper Arkansas River Valley, near Buena Vista, Colorado. 

Esther McIlveen, mother of three children and grandmother of four, is co-founder of the Good Shepherd, a drop-in centre for children in Richmond, B.C. She is a spiritual director and a mentor and a Steveston, B.C., published author. She has had columns in both Richmond newspapers and the North Shore...

Dare To Be You—A Book of Poems is inspirational and motivational. We all are unique and should show our uniqueness to the world. Our stories are important and they should be told. Some of the poems are on awareness: Soar Like an Eagle, Don’t Stand in Anyone’s Shadow, It’s Okay for Men to...

Theirs was a bond born in nature. United by water, the early inhabitants at Christie Lake were drawn into a community that came to transcend politics, religion and sometimes even family. Over time they gathered to work, to play and to celebrate the beauty that was around them.  Located approximately...