by Wellspring Oasis | Jul 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Rebecca van Noppen “Let me pay for that,” the young woman said behind me as I finished packing up my groceries. The cashier was holding up a jug of apple cider that had been forgotten, laying on the conveyor belt in no-man’s-land between groceries paid and those...
by Wellspring Oasis | Jun 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
Long ago, the Israelite nation left Egyptian slavery and headed to God’s promised land. After 400 years of crying out to the Lord of Hosts for deliverance, they were set free. It was not an instantaneous journey to freedom. They put one foot in front of the other,...
by Wellspring Oasis | Jun 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
Financial Gain through Pain “There is no coming to consciousness without pain.” Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst As the saying goes there is no gain without pain, or as Jung has said, there is no coming to conscious awareness without feeling pain....
by Wellspring Oasis | Jun 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Hope Van Noppen with Amanda Van Noppen “I define shame as the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love and belonging—something we’ve experienced, done, or failed to do makes us unworthy of connection.”...
by Wellspring Oasis | May 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
Highway driving is fast-paced driving. And when I hit the road, it is very easy to drive the speed everyone else is driving. Before I know it, I am well past 120 kilometres and still speeding up. So many people pass me and before I know it, I start passing...
by Wellspring Oasis | Apr 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Reb van Noppen The Big Blue Whale—a Dodge Ram full size conversion van—was one of Dave’s bucket-list finds at a local auction. It suited his height, his desire for vehicle space, and fit our family of seven just perfectly, along with dogs. It was our home away from...
