This month we’ve been talking about Legacy, what we leave behind, in memories and money. Vladimir Lenin has left behind a legacy that he probably wasn’t intending to; an ongoing bill. Ever since his death in 1924, Lenin’s body has been on display in Moscow. It was recently revealed that the annual cost to keep…
The Length of Your Legacy
Length of Your Legacy How long will you be remembered? I remember my Grandfather Guptill, we called him Da. He passed away when I was 11. I vaguely remember my mother’s grandfather, he passed away when I was seven, but we had moved overseas when I was five so those were my last recollections of…
Creating a Legacy
Last month we laid to rest one of Canada’s best loved and most respected politicians, or at least that is how it would appear. It was a little confusing. If you had been asleep for the past 18 months, or perhaps a visitor from Mars, then the outpouring of praise at Rob Ford’s funeral might not…
The Legacy of Work
Legacy of Work Can you remember your first paying job? I can I was. 14 and got a job as a pile it. You might think that is a strange first job for a 14 year old but it is what it is. We lived in Hammond River just outside of Saint John New Brunswick…
Just Stop It!
--> Litter bugs me! I just can’t get my head around it. What possesses people to just throw their trash on the ground? This time of year seems to be the worst and Tim’s cups seem to be the greatest offenders. But that might just be my perception, after all, their spring cups are red…
Your Legacy, Your Choice
So here we are, April. For those who have been a part of the Cornerstone family for more than a year then you know what April means. For those of you who have been with us for less than a year you might think that April is simply the month that falls between March and…
Holy Day or Holiday?
I have often thought the concept of Easter Monday was kind of strange. You just know it had to be a blatant quest for a four-day weekend. That someone, somewhere, had a eureka moment and decided that the Monday following Easter Sunday was obviously Easter Monday and as such deserved to be a holiday. And…
Making a Messiah, Easter Sunday
Jesus was guilty! That’s right on that Good Friday so many years ago Christ was declared guilty. He had fought the good fight but he had lost. In the eyes of the world, in the eyes of His followers and in the eyes of his enemies Jesus Christ the carpenter from Nazareth had been proven…
Making a Messiah, Good Friday
It had been a full week, it had started with the crowds on the streets of Jerusalem and now here they were, just the thirteen of them in a private room celebrating the Passover. And only two people in that room knew where the night would lead. Jesus, because he was. . . Jesus. And…
Good Bye to the Rim
As difficult as it might seem to believe, I was having a coffee at Tim Horton’s the other day and I heard a staff member comment on how pleased the staff was that the roll up the rim contest was finished for yet another year. Curious, I asked why that was? She replied, explaining that…