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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. 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.

Morning Offering: 11. 10. 17

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Today’s Reflection: I may lose battles but I will not lose my faith nor the will to keep walking with my God. – 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. 10. 17

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Today’s Reflection: Lord make me an instrument of your peace. – 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: 11. 16. 17

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Today’s Reflection: The Lord be with you!…. And with your driver! 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. 08. 17

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Today’s Reflection: There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens. – from Ecclesiastes. 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. 07. 17

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Today’s Reflection: In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe, and enough shadow for those who don’t. –  Blaise Pascal. 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.