Joanne Goodwin's Stories and Stuff: Musings from a Messy Life and a Marvelous Jesus is a warm, laugh-out-loud collection of short reflections. Each story blends self-deprecating humour, candid storytelling, and steady Christian hope.
Can followers of Jesus be neutral in a situation of injustice? There are important moments like now for the Church to stand in solidarity with "the least of these."
Every day for the past couple of months, she walks into the local coffee shop, orders a single Timbit and a medium black coffee, and sits by the window to watch the pedestrians or read the book she pulls from her purse.
Public school teachers like to fly under the radar. They show up every day, do their job, care for students, volunteer for extra-curricular activities, and earn every penny of their pay.
During our visit to Ukraine, we witnessed how simple gifts — like ice cream and stuffed toys — can bring light and comfort to orphans growing up in the shadow of war.