Happy Birthday

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…

Chance or Choice

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…

The Wrong Friday

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…

Dying Well

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…

Because they Believe

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…

What it is About

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…

It’s not that Serious

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.…

Can you say Mutt?

Well, I got my DNA back the other day and I can now definitively say that I am a human being. Outside of that I think my official designation would be “mongrel”, which proudly makes me a Canadian. I’m not sure how anyone whose family has been in Canada for several generations can boast of…

When a Deal is Not a Deal

So, an unidentified woman in Toronto has lodged a complaint with the Police because a cosmetic surgery procedure that she had performed had gone wrong and resulted in an infection.  It was only after she had to undergo corrective surgery that she made the complaint. And you almost feel bad for the lady until you…

The Saint Who Keeps on Giving

They may have found Santa Claus and he’s not at the North Pole. Turkish archaeologists believe they have found the remains of Saint Nick, not the Saint Nick who came down the chimney last Christmas but the Saint Nick that Saint Nick is based on. Nicholas was the bishop of Myrna in what is now Turkey…