They say it’s fun, and I’ll have to take their word for it. They say it’s not to be missed and once again, I’ll have to take their word for it. It’s something that I’ve periodically thought about, but usually, the urge passes as quickly as it arrives.  And now... now I have an excuse…

Well, a new year is upon us.  2017 is now nothing but a memory and 2018 is stretched out ready for us to make our mark.  Got any plans for the new year?   Are you planning on starting some new habits or ditching some old ones?   2018 could be the year to do it. As…

I guess I’ve done it enough now that it’s become a tradition. This week I volunteered with the Salvation Army to tend a kettle in the mall. I was a little disappointed that I didn’t get a bell, so I downloaded an app for my smart phone. What says Christmas like a bearded fat man,…

Is it my imagination or are there more Christmas lights up this year then there were last year? Angela and I were commenting on it the other night and it seems like every street is trying to out-do the other, at least in Kingswood. The displays range from the understated and tasteful to the “oh…

This year is the hundredth anniversary of the Halifax Explosion, but I’m sure most of you knew that.  And you probably knew that it was the largest man-made explosion until the explosion of the atomic bomb.  The Halifax explosion has defined our city for the past century.  And I knew all those things but what…

I was sitting in Tims when I heard a teenage girl ask her father “Is Black Friday a holiday?”  When he assured her that Black Friday was not a holiday and that she would have to be in school she seemed puzzled as she was sure that it was.  After a little bit of back…

And here I sit preparing a funeral message for a friend.  It was just a year ago that Matt told me the doctors had discovered lesions on his spine. He was confident that it wasn’t anything to be concerned with but told me regardless of the outcome he was trusting God. And trust God Matt…

Have your read the story about the Alberta couple whose application to adopt a child has been rejected because of their beliefs? The evangelical couple has been told that even though they submitted the adoption application and passed the required courses necessary for the adoption, that they won’t be approved because of their religious views…

Authorities in Texas are stating that Sunday’s mass shooting that left 26 dead in a small Baptist church, did not appear to be religiously motivated.  Freeman Martin, the Regional Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety stated, “The massacre appeared to stem from a domestic situation.”  But he didn’t elaborate further. It seems that…

So, were they, or weren’t they?  Perhaps you’ve read the story of Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiava, the Hawaiian women and their two dogs who were supposedly rescued after being stranded aboard their disabled sailboat for five months. Recent inconsistencies about their stories are now causing authorities to question the sailors account of their ordeal.…