by Kathryn Hausmanis | Feb 14, 2018 | Dating & Singleness, Faith, Hope, Inspiration
This is an incredibly challenging time and place to find a new home – especially if you’re young. Spaces and dollars are few for many of you. It takes a reorientation of your expectations to find your roots and to dig them down so that you hold on and grow where you...
by Kathryn Hausmanis | Jan 30, 2018 | Anger, Depression, Encouragement, Hope, Inspiration
I still can’t find the verse. You know, the one that says believers will be bubble-wrapped and protected from having a hard time in this world. I did find what Jesus said in his sermon on the mount: “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely...
by Kathryn Hausmanis | Jan 23, 2018 | Children, Church, Family, Parenting
There’s something about us that likes to think we’re at an age different than we are. If we’re younger we like to feel and act older. If we’re older we like to think or act younger. Maybe that’s only me and the people around me. It takes a certain level of maturity to...
by Kathryn Hausmanis | Jan 19, 2018 | Depression, Family, Hope
Psalm 68:6 says “God sets the lonely in families.” The Vancouver Foundation consistently claims that loneliness is one of the biggest challenges for people living in this city. Seniors isolated in their apartments, care homes or rooms are lonely; young moms...
by Kathryn Hausmanis | Jan 17, 2018 | Church, Encouragement
I have a pastor friend who loves to scour the dregs of Value Village to see if perhaps a treasure has slipped through unnoticed for a bargain. He once found an old coin which he was convinced would gain him a small fortune. He paid the $42 price tag and then tried to...
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