When we are surrounded by darkness, whether it be everyday drudgery and frustration or times of acute despair, it is easy to feel like we…
View More The Unfolding of the WordAuthor: Marcy Ardis
Marcy Ardis and her husband Gord live in the country near Chatham, Ontario. They met while attending Redeemer College in Ancaster, Ontario.
After they got married, Marcy and Gord began to attend Louisville Baptist Church together as a family as this had been Marcy’s home church for several years. Not long after that, the minister at Louisville Baptist Church was getting ready to retire and he asked Gord to “shepherd his flock” when he retired. Gord has been the pastor at Louisville for nine years and he has also pastored at North Dresden Baptist Church for four and a half years. In addition, he volunteers on the executive of the Western Association
of Baptist Churches.
Marcy and Gord homeschool their daughter, teaching her that every day offers new learning opportunities. Marcy teaches at a high school in a nearby community. When she has free time she enjoys going for walks with her family, doing genealogical research, reading historical novels and local
history books, learning about local architecture and exploring nearby provincial parks.
Prayers of Simple Faith
“Why didn’t you pray for yourself, Mom?” My daughter and I were laying in bed together praying and, when we were finished, she asked me…
View More Prayers of Simple FaithPraying Bigger Prayers
Sometimes our prayers are too small. Many of us keep lists of people and situations we pray for regularly. I am so thankful we can…
View More Praying Bigger PrayersCommuning with God: Learning to Listen
I taught high school for 16 years and, while there were many things I enjoyed about that experience, one of the most frustrating parts was…
View More Communing with God: Learning to ListenDo You Hear Me?
My pre-teen daughter walked up to me today as I started to write this post and read the title. She said, “Do you hear me?…
View More Do You Hear Me?Communing With God in the Chaos of Life
I had good intentions. I really did. I was going to do just one more chore and then sit down to read my Bible and…
View More Communing With God in the Chaos of LifePraying When You Just Can’t Pray
Have you ever felt as if you just can’t pray? You know you should. You want to.You know God is there just waiting for you…
View More Praying When You Just Can’t PrayScriptural Supports for Impatient Moms
I’m not a patient parent. I get frustrated easily and sometimes I let my impatience show. The last thing I want to do is make…
View More Scriptural Supports for Impatient MomsLove is in the Details
Stuffies and giftware, cards and chocolates seem to be everywhere during the weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day. I remember as a young adult, pondering…
View More Love is in the DetailsPractical Ways to Practice Patience as a Pastor’s Wife (Part 2/2)
As a child, I remember waiting for Christmas. It was a magical and exciting time, a mixture of expectation both spiritual and material. Although I…
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