by Paula Smellie | Jun 17, 2020 | Father's Day, Nonfiction
A Thousand Miles With My Father Written by Paula Smellie June 17, 2020 When you walk a thousand miles with someone, you really get to know who they are. And so it was with my father, Alton Bernard, because I walked with him. A lot. Throughout my childhood, I went...
by Peter Boven | Jun 9, 2020 | Father's Day, Nonfiction
The Living Years Written by Peter Boven June 9, 2020 There was a concert I attended way back in the day. The band performed many songs, and my friends and I enjoyed them all. But, being so long ago, my memory of that night pretty much stops there. Many evenings in our...
by Paula Smellie | Jun 2, 2020 | Nonfiction
The Race Written by Paula Smellie June 2, 2020 Let’s get serious. Let’s get ser-i-ooooous. Let’s get serious and fall in looove. It is June of 1980 and the chorus from Jermaine Jackson’s latest hit is on auto play in my head. Shaky and vulnerable as a newborn...
by Peter Boven | Jun 2, 2020 | Featured, Nonfiction
Take My Yoke Written by Peter Boven June 2, 2020 Some years ago, I asked my father what was his favourite scripture in the Bible. I didn’t know what to expect as an answer from him. I wouldn’t have been surprised if he had somehow gently dismissed my question. At the...
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