A popular Christmas carol that doesn’t mention the birth of Christ? The story of how the lyrics came to be makes it the perfect song for a world at midnight in the grip of a pandemic. (more…)
Bob JonesNovember 30, 2021
A picture has been on my computer desktop for the last six months. It is a really pretty picture, but that is not why I didn’t delete it or file it away. Honestly, until a few days ago, I had no idea why I felt to return and look at it every few days, but God was trying to tell me something. The story left me crying on a roadside. (more…)
Bob JonesNovember 27, 2021
Dave Thomas graduated high school at age 60 and took his wife of 45 years to the prom. He was voted most likely to succeed. (more…)
Bob JonesNovember 10, 2021
Life is measured in moments. We don't remember days, we remember moments. Ordinary moments can have extraordinary outcomes. (more…)
Bob JonesNovember 6, 2021
Cheri Hamilton experienced every mom’s worst nightmare - the emergency phone call from the police. The voice at the other end informed her that her 13 year-old daughter had been seriously injured. (more…)
Jones BobOctober 7, 2021
Akiane Kramarik's atheist parents were surprised when their three-year-old began to describe dreams and visions from God. This inexplicable direction in their daughter’s life, combined with a remarkable talent in art and poetry, inspired her family to re-examine their own lives. (more…)
Bob JonesOctober 2, 2021
We were young and newly married - not just the "honeymoon stage - the literal honeymoon. Jocelyn and I spent the first eighty five days of our marriage preparing for and then serving on a missions assignment in Northern Ontario. The ministry was hard. Fatigue and discouragement got to us. We failed to finish our assignment. We quit. Falling And Rising Bags packed and seat-belted in for the milk-run on a Bearskin Airlines Metroliner, more than our stomachs were upset. We left Attawapiskat on James Bay with heads down. Never had we failed like this before. We let down our missions director. We let ourselves down. Looking back, Brené Brown's book, Rising Strong would have been the perfect tonic for…
Bob JonesOctober 2, 2021
How does it feel to be on Canadian soil for Thanksgiving weekend? "So grateful." Only if you’ve been held for 775 days in a foreign prison, with no family contact, sleep deprivation, rationed food, death threats and relentless interrogation, can you understand the depth of emotion behind those words. (more…)
Bob JonesOctober 1, 2021