Seasons of the Spirit

Predictability of Life
Seasons of Life
Attics of Yesterday
I Know From Where I Come
Bits and Pieces
Spring has Sprung
Good Luck or Good Management
Publications         Published Articles         Books
FAMILY COUNTS – "It definitely does – whatever shape it is"

Leading a church confirmation retreat one weekend, I asked the question, “What’s your greatest fear? The group named four fears, explored how God helped them cope with them and later read and  edited the work.

Sarah (stand-alone novel or first book in Family Counts series)
         Issue: Parental Breakup and learning to live in a blended family. 
Kristen (stand-alone novel or part of Family Counts series)
         Issue: Death and Grief – parents or/and grandparents dying
         losing their home – linked to above story.
Jodi    (stand-alone novel or part of Family Counts series)
         Issue: sexual abuse, especially difficult to name when it’s a family member
Megan (stand-along novel or part of Family Counts series)
         Issue: living poor and not being able to dress like friends
            
                    Books
            Take Time to Make Memories (1996)
                                          Sorry - Out of Print
                                             First Page Read 
                                                    Review


     WinterGrief: a personal response to grief  (2003)                 Award of Merit: The Word Guild Awards 2004
                                               First Page Read
   Review


     THE STORY OF THE AGNES MACPHAIL PROJECT
                                                   Grey County
                                     August 2005 - December 2009
                                     WHAT'S TO COME

                    AGGIE'S STORMS (2007)
          "The story of a little girl who grew up to become the first                          woman elected to Canadian Parliament"
                                  REVIEWS
              Published by Brucedale Press, Port Elgin, ON                    
                                Finalist in Children's Book category
                                   in The Word Guild Awards (2008)



                       AGGIE'S DREAM  (coming soon)
         Agnes attends Owen Sound Collegiate and finds a platform            from which to share her gift of speech and the confidence to speak out .      


                       FAITHFUL CHOICES (coming soon)
             Congregational Workbook For Small Congregations
                      How do rural congregation assess their vitality?
                                             

    
                        LABOUR OF LOVE 
            The Life, Work and Mission of a Prairie Nurse
                           Short-listed in Word Alive Press
          Canadian Fiction Contest, Manitoba, Can. 2008
                           Keep in touch


                 YOUR ROOTS ARE SHOWING
          "The Roots of Negative and Positive Attitudes
                           toward Women's Clergy"
              Dissertation written for Doctoral Thesis:
                                                                                                                                 LINK UP SOON



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Grieve and Grow

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Rote and Rude versus Helpful and Heartfelt
Winter Grievers
A Part of the Bigger Picture
Grief is a Journey
Accumulative Grief
Some Flowers like Memories Fade
I Promise - I Do
Catching up - An important part of the Grief Process
Facing the New Year
             
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