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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. 03. 25

Today’s Reflection: God of creation, thank you for the beauty of winter – for snow, icy window panes, evergreen trees, warm coats, sledding, and hot cocoa. Let us enjoy Your creation in all its glory, this winter and always.– Author Unknown

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. 02. 25

Today’s Reflection:  Preach the Gospel at all times. Use words if necessary. — Commonly attributed to 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: 02. 01. 25

Today’s Reflection:  Sleep doesn’t help if it’s your soul that’s tired.—  Unknown

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: 01. 31. 25

Today’s Reflection:  O Lord, everything good in me is due to you. The rest is my fault. — St. Augustine 

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: 01. 30. 25

Today’s Reflection:  Preach the truth as if we had a million voices, for it is silence that kills the world. — St. Catherine of Siena

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: 01. 29. 25

Today’s Reflection:  May my words be kind. My temper measured. My heart without judgment. — Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration

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: 01. 28. 25

Today’s Reflection:  God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know it’s me.— Author unknown, variation of the Serenity Prayer, by 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: 01. 27. 25

Today’s Reflection: Very little grows on jagged rock. Be crumbled, so wild flowers will come up where you are. —  Rumi

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: 01. 26. 25

Today’s Reflection:  Dear Lord,
Please help me to be a better person,
to see you in every corner of my life,
to see you in the people in the world,
to see you in the smallest flower and seed,
to see you in the mountains and valleys,
to see you in the sunset and sunrise
everywhere.
And to know that you love me. —Joan Colleran Hoxsey

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: 01. 25. 25

Today’s Reflection:  Jesus, you go by many names.
Messiah. Savior. Christ.
Rebel. Teacher. Story-teller.
Living Bread. Light of the World. Good Shepherd.
The (Narrow) Way. The Truth. The Life.
Draw me close to you so that I may call you Friend.
Amen.— Douglas Gleber  

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.