Category: Short Stories

Epiphany: A Glimmer of Light

Message Lanark Lodge Worship January 7, 2026 Epiphany: A Glimmer of Light                          January 4th was Epiphany Sunday, yesterday was Epiphany, as we celebrate, we return to a story many of us have heard since childhood, the Magi following a star across unfamiliar land, carrying gifts, and arriving at a humble home where they meet a

Hope, Hospitality and Holy Humour

Hope, Hospitality, and Holy Humour Christmas is a season of light breaking into darkness, of joy arriving in unexpected places, and of kindness shown in small but profound ways. At its heart lies the miracle of Jesus’ birth — a story that has been told for centuries, yet never grows old. Let us begin where

The Spirit and the Addict

……..and the rain was cold, driven by the wind howling through the dark, dirty alley, biting her skin, soaking her ill-fitting cloths.  The shallow doorway provided little protection as she huddled, cold, wet and fragile, pulling her knees tightly against her chest for a bit of warmth, but more so for that tenuous feeling of

The View

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.

Nichiiwad

The icy spray stung her face like a thousand wasps.  A thirty foot wall of water hovered over her ready to crush down like a boot on a bug.  She reefed the wheel hard to starboard and caught the up rise of a forming wave just in time to miss the downward crush of the