I read a great news article a while back. It concerned a man in Kansas City, Kansas by the name of Wesley Fitzpatrick who applied for a temporary restraining order against a female whom he said was stalking him. Fitzpatrick claimed that she was making him “scared and depressed and in fear of my freedom.”  The…

And just like that, I was sitting in the front row.  And I wasn’t sure how I felt about that.Last Friday, I participated in the ordination service at Beulah Camp for our newly ordained ministers. It was special in that two of the ministers being ordained had spent their teen years as a part of…

I’m tired of being vilified.  You see, I’m pro-life, and it’s not because I’m a misogynistic old white man who wants to take away women’s control over their own bodies. It’s because I believe that pre-born children are human beings who deserve protection.  And I know that there are hard cases. When the mother’s life…

Do you remember some of the decisions you made as a teenager? Perhaps decisions you regret making now because of their long-term consequences. I read an article the other day concerning a special committee of MPs and Senators considering whether youth under 18 should have access to euthanasia and assisted suicide.Some of the experts called…

I think I’m ready to quit. There’s more that I can do, but I think I’ve done all that I want to do.  Of course, I’m talking about my book, A Fisherman’s Tale. What did you think I was talking about? Every time I read through the manuscript, I find something to change.  Sometimes it’s…

I read an article the other day that asked the question; Can you trust social media for health advice? The answer the article gave, of course, was “that depends.”  If the advice you get from your social media enquiry is to see your health professional, you might be all right. On the other hand, who…

Angela and I were out shopping the other day and noticed how many stores were advertising for staff or had reduced their hours because of staffing issues.  It was then that Angela came up with a bizarre idea.  She suggested that one solution to the problem might be if all the stores agreed to close…

Wow, I disappeared down the genealogy rabbit hole the other day. It happens every once in a while, usually without warning. I was never really interested in the distant past until a few years ago when I discovered my family tree was rife with hermits, rogues, convicted traitors and convicted witches. And before you get…