Earlier this week, I had a cup of coffee from a coffee shop I had never tried before. When someone asked me how it was, I replied, “Horrible.” I was going to say wretched, but that seemed a little harsh. And I wondered, how could a coffee shop survive, serving such horrible coffee? And then…
A Palm or a Cloak
Electricity filled the air as the people of Jerusalem pushed against one another to see the man that everyone was talking about. Some said he was a god, and others said he was a demon. Some claimed he performed miracles, while others proclaimed him a fraud, a charlatan, or worse. For better or for worse,…
It’s Just a Picture
It was the picture that rocked the world. Some are calling it KateGate, and others Katespiracy. It started innocently enough with a simple Mother’s Day greeting and photo of Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, and her children. Then it was noticed that the image had been edited, nothing major, but edited, nevertheless. It seemed…
Giving to Jesus
We’ve all heard the phrase, and perhaps you even used it and that is: "Put your money where your mouth is.” According to the Cambridge Idiom Dictionary, this means, “To show by your actions and not just your words that you support or believe in something.” Jesus said something similar but radically different in the Gospel of Matthew. We read Jesus’ words in…
Say What?
I was reading the news the other day, and a headline caught my eye. It read, and I quote, “Jagmeet Singh’s NDP has sold its soul and didn’t even get 30 pieces of silver.” Now, the story was concerning the present coalition between the federal Liberal Party and NDPs and one of the deals that…
Time Flies. . .
I came across some old pictures the other day and saw one of my mother and me. It wasn’t the first time I’d seen that picture, but this time, I realized a few things. John F. Kennedy was still alive when that picture was taken, as were Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy. WW2…
CFA!
I was talking to a gentleman a while back who had moved to Halifax from British Columbia. He told me that he was really enjoying living in the Maritimes but wondered how long it would be until he was no longer considered a “CFA.” I must have looked confused because he explained that people would…
A Bad Apple doesn’t ruin the barrel
I read a couple of disturbing stories in the paper recently about teachers and administrators in schools who have been charged with possession of child porn or with molesting their students. What I haven’t read is a reaction by people who say that they will no longer send their children to school or support the…
The Light!
Have you noticed lately how much more daylight we are seeing? Each day, it’s getting light earlier and staying light longer, and that's a good thing. Spring is not only an awesome time of the year, but it's also a great metaphor for life. No matter how dark, cold and long the winter seems, spring…
Characteristics of Character.
If you’ve spent any time on Grand Manan, you have probably heard of the Dark Harbour Hermits. Their names were Lewis “Lucy” Greene and William “Darby” Greene. They were brothers who lived between 1861 and 1940, spending most of their adult living in camps they had built from debris collected from the shores on the…