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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: 04. 23. 18

 

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Today’s Reflection: My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so.
But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you.
And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it.
Therefore I will trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone. —Thomas Merton
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: 04. 22. 18

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Today’s Reflection: Time does not heal all wounds. God does. — 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: 04. 21. 18

 

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Today’s Reflection: May longed-for peace blossom forth and reign always over us all. – 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: 04. 20. 18

 

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Today’s Reflection: Sun coming up, today 7.09 a.m.
God is good.
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: 04. 19. 18

 

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Today’s Reflection: Are you open to what the Lord is asking of you?
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. daily.

 

Morning Offering: 04. 18. 18

 

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Today’s Reflection: During stormy times in your personal life, do you turn to prayer, to God, for comfort, solace, guidance?
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: 04. 17. 18

 

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Today’s Reflection: Good Morning God!
You are ushering in another day,
untouched and freshly new.
So here I am to ask you, God,
if You’ll renew me too. –  A morning prayer.
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: 04. 16. 18

 

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Today’s Reflection: Three things in human life are important:
The first is to be kind.
The second is to be kind.
The third is to be kind. ― Saint Teresa of Calcutta.
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: 04. 15. 18

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Today’s Reflection: Listen to the wind. It speaks.
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: 04. 14. 18

 

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Today’s Reflection: Is your heart open or closed to the Lord? Why? Open works better.
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.