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Life Formation Life Stories

I’m Lisa LaFlamme

Lisa LaFlamme is one of the last voices Jocelyn and I hear most nights before shutting off the lights in our living room. Monday to Friday we see the very last thing she does in her day, which is present a news cast. That all changed in June 2022. (more…)

Bob JonesJanuary 22, 2022

Life Formation Life Stories

The Best of Sarah Bessey’s Field Notes: 2021

Sarah Bessey writes “field notes” every week from the middle of her life, telling the truth as she understands it. She will poke and prod you to think about what kind of person you are becoming. (more…)

Bob JonesJanuary 5, 2022

Health Matters Life Stories

Mark Tyndall: I’ve Seen a Lot of People Die

Dr. Mark Tyndall dedicated his career to studying HIV, poverty and drug use in multiple places around the world, starting with Nairobi, and now in Vancouver. Mark has seen a lot of people die. Needlessly. (more…)

Bob JonesJanuary 4, 2022

Life Formation Life Stories

Is Busy Bad?

There’s lots of buzz about “busy” being bad. “Simplify your life." "Learn to say, 'No'." "Don't settle for busy.” But is busy, bad? (more…)

Bob JonesDecember 20, 2021

Life Formation Life Stories

A Place at My Table: Susan Wells

Some families share a table that has been passed along for generations, but there's more than mere furniture that is inherited. (more…)

Bob JonesDecember 18, 2021

Life Formation Life Stories

22 Lessons From 22 Years: Abbey Martin

2021 has been the most challenging yet (lol), but on the flip side of hardship is learning, authenticity, growth, and reward. God is good! Abbey Martin (more…)

Bob JonesDecember 17, 2021

Holidays Posts Life Stories

Jones Family 2021 Christmas Letter

The red door says, “Welcome,“ and “Merry 2021 Christmas!” (more…)

Bob JonesDecember 13, 2021

Life Stories

Esther, Evil, and The Eve of Destruction

The Holocaust was the tip of an iceberg of evil, stretching far and deep into the past to the ancient empire of Persia and an unlikely Jewish queen named Esther. (more…)

Bob JonesDecember 4, 2021

Holidays Posts Life Stories

The Christmas Carol That Doesn’t Mention Christ

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

Life Formation Life Stories

Crying By the Roadside

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

Life Stories

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