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About fromareportersnotebook

Former reporter and city editor at The Tribune, Welland, On. Active in various community groups and initiatives, married with two grown children, interested in roses specifically and gardening in general. A collection of previously-written columns was published in book form in the fall of 2013 and is available by contacting the writer at: fromareportersnotebook@gmail.com. It sells for $20.

Morning Offering: 03. 16. 22

Today’s Reflection: I will learn to experience you in silence, Lord. Help me to be quiet in your presence, that I may learn from you and deepen my experience of wholeness. — from Focus Your Day.
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.
Morning Offering is posted by 8 a. m. daily.

Morning Offering: 03. 15. 22

Today’s Reflection: Lord, teach me to be quiet so that the noise within me may be silenced. In the stillness may I become more aware of your presence. — from Focus Your Day.
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.
Morning Offering is posted by 8 a. m.

Morning Offering: 03. 14. 22

Today’s Reflection: If you get lost on the road of life….God allows U-turns. — Author unknown.
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.
Morning Offering is posted by 8 a. m.

Morning Offering: 03. 13. 22

Today’s Reflection: Opened a book and it opened to the page that has this prayer. It made my choice of today’s Reflection for me. Thank you, St. Teresa of Avila.
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.
Morning Offering is posted by 8 a. m.

Morning Offering: 03. 12. 22

Today’s Reflection: A Blessing
May you experience God’s forgiveness.
May you enjoy His blessings.
May you rejoice in His wonders.
May you feel His compassion.
May you give Him thanks. — Author unknown.
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.
Morning Offering is posted by 8 a. m.

Morning Offering: 03. 11. 22

Today’s Reflection: Thankfulness road. Take time to remember where God has brought you from. — Unattributed.
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.
Morning Offering is posted by 8 a. m.

Morning Offering: 03. 10. 22

Today’s Reflection: In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart. — John Bunyan.
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.
Morning Offering is posted by 8 a. m. daily.

Morning Offering: 03. 09. 22

Today’s Reflection: Gospels are not just accounts of history, they are a living reality that has the power to change our lives completely. We need to be open to God’s message. — Catholic prayer site.
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.
Morning Offering is posted by 8 a. m.

Morning Offering: 03. 08. 22

Today’s Reflection: If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because he himself is the way. — St. Thomas Aquinas.
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.
Morning Offering is posted by 8 a. m.

Morning Offering: 03. 07. 22

Today’s Reflection: Whatever season you are facing, God is in it with you. — from Ecclesiastes 3:1.
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich.
Morning Offering is posted by 8 a. m.