He was called the Robin Hood of McNuggets and across the Internet, people lauded him as a hero of the people. But the proper term for him is a thief. I came across an old article about Cody Bondarchuk, of Edmonton who tweeted, “I worked at McDonald’s for two-and-a-half years, and I put 11 nuggets in…
We’re Winning!
Well, another survey is out showing that Christianity is losing ground and that church attendance is down. The world would like us to think that we’re failing in our mission. But, depending on your perspective, we aren’t losing, we’re winning. When you stop and think about it, every person who isn’t a Christian hasn’t been…
Staying Relevant
From ski slaloms to swimming pools. What had once been showpieces on the world stage are now ruins. The victims of war, neglect and bankrupt nations.I read an article the other day about Olympic venues from around the world that are no longer in use and have fallen into total disrepair. And that wasn’t the…
A Return to Civility 6. . . Honour Your Parents
Civility 5 A little change in direction here. We started this series on the Ten Commandments, back in June and after the first four commandments, there’s about to be an abrupt turn. Last week, knowing that this week was going to be one of our three family Sundays this summer, I spoke on Commandment #…
Was it or Wasn’t it?
Was it, or wasn’t it? That’s the question people worldwide were asking about one scene in the Olympic Games opening ceremony.Was it a mockery of DaVinci’s painting of the Last Supper or, as the opening ceremony’s artistic director, Thomas Jolly insisted, simply a celebration of pagan gods? So, we can rejoice that it wasn't a…
A Return to Civility 6: Do Not Murder
A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six-year-olds. After explaining the commandment to "honour thy father and thy mother," she asked, "Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters?" Without missing a beat, one little boy (the eldest child of a family) answered,…
But What about. . .?
I was recently reminded of a story I read in a newspaper in April of 1985 (If you don’t know what a newspaper is, ask your parents). The story was about Galaxy Airlines Flight 203, which crashed in Reno Nevada on January 21, 1985.Seventy of the seventy-one passengers and crew died in the crash, the…
A Return to Civility 4: Keep the Sabbath
What a crazy world we live in today. Do you ever feel like the Rabbit in “Alice in Wonderland”? You know the one, he’s always rushing this way and that looking at his watch and muttering, “I’m late, I’m late”. It seems that every hour of every day is filled to the limit with things…
As Advertised on TV!
Last week I was listening to the radio, and they played a TV ad from the 1970s. As I listened, I could almost see it in my mind’s eye. If you are old enough you probably remember the ad for the K-Tel Record Selector. It was promoted as having a space-age design, finger-tip control and…
A Return to Civility 3
Recently I was reading an article written by a friend of mine, Mike McNeil. Mike and I are from the same home church, and he taught at Kingswood University for forty years before taking a teaching position with Kings Church in Saint John. Mike writes a column called Soul Apologetics, and this week the article…