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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: 08. 10. 18

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Today’s Reflection: We are always looking for signs. We are always asking God to ‘speak’ to us. But those signs are all around us. They are in everything. God is always ‘speaking’. The question is whether we are listening.—Yasmin Mogahed.
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: 08. 09. 18

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Today’s Reflection: I will walk by faith even when I cannot see. – 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: 08. 08. 18

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Today’s Reflection: Make known to me your ways, Lord; teach me your paths. – 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: 08. 07. 18

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Today’s Reflection: Give me the grace to live the life of Gospel nonviolence – John Dear.
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by by Joe Barkovich.
Morning Offering is posted by 8 a.m. 

Morning Offering: 08. 06. 18

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Today’s Reflection: Lord, my garden would not be beautiful without you.
My garden would not give me peace without you.
My garden would not be a creation without you.
The world would not be beautiful without you. – Maureen Gilmer, God in the Garden.
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: 08. 05. 18

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Today’s Reflection: Faith is the bridge between where I am and the place God is taking me. – Unattributed.
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by by Joe Barkovich.
Morning Offering is posted by 8 a.m.

Morning Offering: 08. 04. 18

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Today’s Reflection: What does love look like?
It has the hands, to help others.
It has the feet, to hasten to the poor and needy.
It has eyes, to see misery and want.
It has the ears, to hear the sighs and sorrows of all.
That, is what love looks like. Amen. – Saint Augustine
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Daily photo by Joe Barkovich. (Image: Sixth Station, Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus, Parish Community of St. Kevin.)
Morning Offering is posted by 8 a. m.

Morning Offering: 08. 03. 18

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Today’s Reflection: Workers are always needed in the Lord’s vineyard. Are you one?…Will you be one?
Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario. Today’s Reflection and photo by Joe Barkovich.
Morning Offering is posted by 8 a. m.

Morning Offering: 08. 02. 18

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Today’s Reflection: Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon.
Where there is doubt, faith.
Where there is despair, hope.
Where there is darkness, light.
And where there is sadness, joy.
—St. Francis of Assisi
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: 08. 01. 18

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Today’s Reflection: When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. — from Isaiah 43:2.
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.