“My son was dead, but now he is alive.” You might know the words from the father in the story of the Prodigal Son, but they were spoken more recently. This storey began on May 6th when 82 year old Frank J. Kerrigan received the call that every parent dreads, even at 82. The call…
Summer of Love, Intro
The year was 1967, I had just turned seven years old, Canada was celebrating its centennial and two events happened that would mark and define the United States for years to come. The first one took place mostly along the East Coast of the US and was referred to as “The Long hot summer of…
Right Place, Wrong time
I rolled over and looked at the clock, in ten minutes my alarm would go off, so I decided to get an early start. My Sundays usually begin at 4:34 a.m. but it hardly seemed worthwhile to go back to sleep for ten minutes, so I got up.As I headed for the bathroom to get…
The Silent Minion
When I was a kid I thought being a butler would be kind of cool. The problem was, growing up in a trailer in New Brunswick there weren’t a lot of folks around who needed butlers. And my favourite butler has been “Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth” you know him, he was Batman’s butler. And my…
A foot in both camps
How convenient would that be, go out your front door and you are in the United States, go out your back door and you are in Canada? Maybe not as convenient as you might think. In 1782 the house was built to straddle the border between Vermont and Quebec, it’s owner, a merchant, thought it…
Mighty Minions
Moose come in herds, sheep come in flocks, Bats come in cauldrons and Minions come in bunches. I just made the minion part up. We know that sometimes Minions come alone, like Tonto, Bernado, he was Zorro’s minion, and Igor. But sometimes Minions come in bunches. Robin Hood had his Merry Men and Snow White…
Take up Your Cross
Most of you know that I spent last week in Egypt. Along with our ministry time, which was mostly scheduled in the evening, we did the touristy things during the day.How could we go to Egypt and not visit the Great Pyramid? I had my picture taken with the Sphinx , rode a camel and…