by Crescent Heights | Aug 15, 2024 | Devotionals
Crossing the Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver, BC gets my adrenaline pumping. After winding through the tall, sheltering trees of Stanley Park, traffic streams onto the soaring orange bridge arching over the Burrard Inlet. Suddenly substantial ground drops away, and...
by Crescent Heights | Jul 26, 2024 | Devotionals
A road trip I took a few years ago caused me to celebrate being part of this vast, diverse country of Canada. As I traveled across the fertile plains of southern Manitoba to the rolling green hills of central Saskatchewan, I felt proud to be a citizen of this...
by Crescent Heights | Jun 2, 2024 | Devotionals
Being a parent comes with its share of joy and frustration; fulfillment and despair. The desire of a parent to do whatever it takes to protect and care for their child is a primal one. But there can come a time when a parent realizes his helplessness in the face of...
by Crescent Heights | May 2, 2024 | Devotionals
After my son was born I was feeling tired and disheartened. He was a fussy baby, often awake at night and hard to feed. One day as I sat nursing him for the umpteenth time, I heard a radio program about the life of Moses, the great biblical patriarch. The speaker...
by Crescent Heights | Apr 2, 2024 | Devotionals
I was given an amaryllis bulb as a gift one winter. When I planted and nurtured the bulb, it produced a long stem with four large, red, lily-like blooms at the top. I enjoyed the exotic flowers for several weeks before they died off. In order for the bulb to produce...
by Crescent Heights | Mar 3, 2024 | Devotionals
When my children were growing up, they loved the Disney movie, Aladdin, especially the antics of the magical genie. One scene has him buzzing around Aladdin’s head in the form of a genie-faced bee, giving him advice on how to win the attention of beautiful Princess...
