Flowers for Mom
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Flowers for Mom

Dear Mom, It’s been so long since we’ve talked. I never had the chance to say goodbye. We all expected you to come home from the hospital the next day. But that changed. Forever. I think of you often. I have a lifetime of good memories. When I got engaged to Jack one of the…

The Traveling Letter
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The Traveling Letter

At times I’ve wondered why I’ve kept all of my correspondence my entire life. I have saved letters that I received way back in the 1940’s. Every time I move, I take the shoebox with letters along. But now I know why. There are two benefits that made it worth saving these letters. One I’ve…

Reader Spotlight: Helen Bosch

Reader Spotlight: Helen Bosch

Helen Bosch has been a CC subscriber for 60 years, since she arrived in Canada with her husband Gerald and five children from Friesland in 1961. “We lived with another Dutch family for six weeks in Nova Scotia before we could rent a house. They gave us a subscription to Calvinist Contact. From that time…

An Open Letter To Pastors During Covid
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An Open Letter To Pastors During Covid

For a time such as this – a once in a century pandemic – you have been called by God as a minister of the Word and the sacraments. I can reassure you of this. Every word that you say to your people about Jesus and the Kingdom of God matters! Every action that you…

In Memory of Bert

In Memory of Bert

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A collective loss. I honour Bert Witvoet for his encouragement both as a writer and editor. He stuck with me when I was very ill with depression. He once took Betsey and me to a sight-seeing tour of the Niagara Peninsula, dropped us off in a drenching downpour at the railing overlooking Niagara Falls, and came back to pick us up . . . eventually. Some honeymoon. Our world is poorer for his absence.