Author: Mike Wlodarczyk

It was the first of October back in 2016, my wife, Robin, and I were driving from Kamloops down to Vancouver to attend the wedding of one of our former students. It was a good day for travel because we would have four hours together on the journey without interruption. We were about twenty minutes…

Psalm 34:8 Oh taste and see that the LORD is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! There are times that my heart cries out as I watch how we as westerners attempt to establish a relationship with the infinite Lord. We tend to believe that a spiritual relationship is derived…

Why is it that we find ourselves struggling and striving to prove ourselves in the eyes of others? Depriving ourselves of the momentary pleasures that pass us by each day. Fearful that if we take our foot off the accelerator then someone will pass us by and leave us in the dust. I have often…

What a question to ask! I guess it would depend on whose perspective you were looking from. Remember that one man’s junk is another man’s treasure. Let us start by looking at a portion of scripture in Luke 6:1-11. Here we find Jesus and His disciples walking through a grain field on the Sabbath and…

The year was 1979 and I was 19 years old and entering the second year of my automotive apprenticeship. I loved working on cars, but I especially loved working on “Muscle Cars”. This love was so strong that I had an unofficial side business of being the “poor man’s” muscle car shop. Young people that…

By Michael Wlodarczyk Remembering Gene. It was back in grade one sitting in my desk carefully watching as Miss Smith was teaching us new words and how to pronounce such words. It was quite a challenge for all of us but especially Gene. In society’s eyes at that time it would be said that Gene…