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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: 11. 21. 17

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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: 11. 20. 17

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Today’s Reflection: My experience — mornings begin best when you talk to God first. Only one way to find out. 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: 11. 19. 17

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Today’s Reflection: Our Lord’s love has no limits. 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: 11. 18. 17

 

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Today’s Reflection: Don’t tell God how big your personal storm is. Tell that storm how big your God is. ― 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: 11. 17. 17

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Today’s Reflection: Bloom with grace wherever life plants you. ― 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: 11. 16. 17

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Today’s Reflection: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can and wisdom to know the difference. Enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him forever in the next. Amen. ― Reinhold Niebuhr. 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: 11. 15. 17

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Today’s Reflection:  Some people come in your life as blessings. Some come in your life as lessons. — St. 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: 11. 14. 17

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Today’s Reflection: As you walk upon the sacred earth, treat each step as a prayer. – Black Elk, medicine man and holy man of the Ogala Lakota (Sioux). 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: 11. 13. 17

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Today’s Reflection: When your day is anything but ‘just ducky’, do you take a minute or two to pray? Prayer is all it’s cracked up to be, and more. Morning Offering is a daily post by Joe Barkovich, who lives in his hometown of Welland, Ontario, Canada’s Rose City. Today’s Reflection and photo by Joe Barkovich. Morning Offering is posted by 8 a. m. daily.

Morning Offering: 11. 12. 17

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Today’s Reflection:  Uphill challenge: Act justly….love mercy….walk humbly. – from Micah 6:8. 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.