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How can you say a lilac has charisma when it is not a heavy bloomer? I honestly wish this plant wasn’t actually in the lilac family.

Last week I wrote about how the Mennonite Heritage Village Chortitz housebarn needs some work done on its foundation. Fortunately, the foundation can be fixed and then the central clay oven heating system can be used again!

So, this is a Re-thinking Lifestyles blog post, yes? Why, then, am I writing about soil and farming?

Canada is known, throughout the world, as a place of freedom and opportunity. This reputation has been created because of generations of men and women who have shaped our nation into the country it is today.

I was first introduced to the world of Christian mystics by James Houston in a course he taught on prayer at Regent College in Vancouver in 1993.

Marigolds are some of our flower gardens most trusted flowers. They bloom plentifully, have strong sturdy stems, and are even deer and rabbit repellent. But what secrets do these beautiful flowers hold beyond their resilience and beauty?

Sometimes physical events are symbolic of deeper meanings. In the house floor of Mennonite Heritage Village’s Chortitz housebarn there is a growing bulge.

As March begins and Manitobans start to look forward to spring, it also marks the beginning of a very busy time at the Manitoba Legislature.

Mother Nature does a fantastic job of keeping our earth covered in green plants. She might be the expert to consult on growing green plants – her methods differ substantially from ours but maybe we could mimic them more closely than we do.

I learned long ago that a very good metaphor for foster care is a bandage. When you see someone with dressing around their arm or their forehead, you know that something has gone wrong. Likewise, when a child enters foster care, something has gone wrong.