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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: 02. 12. 18

 

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Today’s Reflection: Are you a follower of Mysteries?
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.
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Morning Offering: 02. 11. 18

 

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Today’s Reflection: The Word is out there; it’s up to each of us to decide if we want to break it open.
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: 02. 10. 18

 

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Today’s Reflection: Our souls make us spiritual beings. Our bodies make us human beings. – Anthony Douglas Williams.
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: 02. 09. 18

 

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Today’s Reflection: Listen to the silence until you hear your soul. – 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: 02. 08. 18

 

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Today’s Reflection: The gate of heaven is everywhere. –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: 02. 07. 18

 

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Today’s Reflection: Nature is the art of God eternal. – Dante.
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: 02. 06. 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 that 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 will I 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. daily.

 

Morning Offering: 02. 05. 18

 

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Today’s Reflection: A morning prayer – Lord, help me to remember that nothing is going to happen to me today that you and I together can’t handle. Amen.
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 daily. 

 

Morning Offering: 02. 04. 18

 

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Today’s Reflection: The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service to others. – Mahatma Gandhi.
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: 02. 03. 18

 

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Today’s Reflection: So easy to be blinded to the Light these days. But fear not. Faith will see you through it.
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.