It is probably one of the most memorable scenes from the New Testament. For three years they had travelled the width and breadth of Palestine, listening to him teach, watching him heal, marvelling at the miracles that he performed. Sometimes they found what they were looking for and sometimes it came together in a beautiful…
It’s in You to Give
I received a notification the other day from Canadian Blood Services reminding me of my upcoming appointment to donate. And it showed that I have made fifty-six donations and that made me feel a little bad. I’ve been donating blood since high school but I’ve only made fifty-six donations? It probably should be a hundred…
The Gift of Wisdom
Imagine having in your grasp the one thing that your heart desired more than anything. Of being assured that whatever that one thing was it was yours. What would you wish for? Understand it’s not the genie thing, no three wishes but one. What would your wish be? And remember this is it, no…
Lessons to be learned
I wonder how many nights he laid awake wondering when the pictures would show up? Unless you were in a cave in Tibet, you probably saw multiple versions of our Prime Minister in black face this past week. I have long maintained that dredging up the sins of yesterday very seldom benefits anyone and Mr.…
Care for Each Other
Seventy-nine minutes into the game, the score was 12-10 for them. One minute left to play, Meninga got the ball and handed it off to Langer who in turn passed to Walters, to Carne and Renouf, Hancock, Smith, Langer, Meninga and finally Mark Coyne who had come on from the reserve bench slammed the ball…
Again with Thinkism
It happens to all of us; we read something online that we really enjoy. A post, a news story or just a picture that brightens our day. And then we read the comments that people post. What is it with people? I understand that not everyone will agree with everything. But do folks really need…
Sorry, Not!
To be honest, I had no idea who Bianca Andreescu was until I read about her winning the US Open over the weekend. However, it became obvious she was a Canadian when I heard her apologize to the crowd in the post game interview, "I know you guys wanted Serena to win, so I’m so…
What about Original Sin?
What about Original Sin It has been the title of several novels, songs and movies and the inspiration for more art than I can count. But we’re not looking at literature, music or art this morning. We are at the end of our “Asking for a Friend” series where we have answered questions that the…
A Gift is a Gift
Really? I mean, really? A recent headline caught my eye, it declared, “Selena Gomez ‘sick’ of feeling ‘indebted’ to kidney donor friend.” If you don’t follow entertainment news, then you may not have known that two years ago the twenty-seven-year-old Gomez received a kidney transplant and the donor was her friend Francia Raisa. Well, it…
What about Warnings
In his 2005 song by the same name, Bon Jovi asks the question: “Who says you can't go home? Who says you can't go back? I been all around the world and as a matter of fact There's only one place left I wanna go Who says you can't go home?” Well, actually many people…