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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: 09. 23. 21

Today’s Reflection: Are we willing to journey wherever God sends us? Perhaps today we can take the first step of that extra mile. — Jesuit 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. daily.

Morning Offering: 09. 22. 21

Today’s Reflection: O Lord, Thank you for all the good gifts you have given us….
For the fine, delicate balance of the natural world.
For the amazing variety of fruit seeds and grains.
For the beauty of autumn when the greens turn yellow, gold and crimson.
Lord, help us to enjoy this beautiful season. Amen. — 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: 09. 21. 21

Today’s Reflection: Fill us with great faith, and save us from the surging waters, so that we may always tell the good news of your saving love. — from the prayerbook of the Presbyterian Church US.
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: 09. 20. 21

Today’s Reflection: Silence is sometimes the best answer. — the Dalai Lama.
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: 09. 19. 21

Today’s Reflection: Good and gracious God, I am grateful for your lessons in discipleship. You have challenged me to open my heart and to follow a path of radical love. Help me to listen more readily to those I tend to exclude, to those I may even fail to see. Help me to learn, even within moments of discord, to trust in you. I ask this in Jesus’ name, who welcomed sinners and walked with the marginalized and excluded of the world. Amen. — Bryan Sokol.
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: 09. 18. 21

Today’s Reflection: Discipleship is a daily discipline; we follow Jesus a step at a time, a day at a time. — Warren Wiersbe.
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: 09. 17. 21

Today’s Reflection: A seed grows with no sound but a tree falls with a huge noise. Destruction has noise, but creation is quiet. This is the power of silence. Grow silently! —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: 09. 16. 21

Today’s Reflection: No matter what yesterday was like, birds always start the day with a new song. — 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: 09. 15. 21

Today’s Reflection: Love this Morning Prayer! – Dear Heavenly Father,
Be with me in my going out and coming home,
in my journeying and returning,
in my decision making and organizing.
Be with me through the calm
and through the storm,
be my comfort
when I’m hurting,
be my helper
when I’m falling.
Walk with me every moment
of this new day. — 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: 09. 14. 21

Today’s Reflection: Time spent in holy solitude can silence the noisy world ever at work in our minds. —Nan Merrill.
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.