“My son was dead, but now he is alive.” You might know the words from the father in the story of the Prodigal Son, but they were spoken more recently. This storey began on May 6th when 82 year old Frank J. Kerrigan received the call that every parent dreads, even at 82. The call…
Right Place, Wrong time
I rolled over and looked at the clock, in ten minutes my alarm would go off, so I decided to get an early start. My Sundays usually begin at 4:34 a.m. but it hardly seemed worthwhile to go back to sleep for ten minutes, so I got up.As I headed for the bathroom to get…
A foot in both camps
How convenient would that be, go out your front door and you are in the United States, go out your back door and you are in Canada? Maybe not as convenient as you might think. In 1782 the house was built to straddle the border between Vermont and Quebec, it’s owner, a merchant, thought it…
Take up Your Cross
Most of you know that I spent last week in Egypt. Along with our ministry time, which was mostly scheduled in the evening, we did the touristy things during the day.How could we go to Egypt and not visit the Great Pyramid? I had my picture taken with the Sphinx , rode a camel and…
Which way will we look?
If you were in church at Cornerstone last Sunday you might have noticed that I wasn’t here, and neither was Stefan. We were in Saguenay Quebec, visiting the group that make up our Bagotville satellite. Since last Fall, we have offered our Sunday morning worship service, via livestream, to military families at Canadian Forces Base…
Just Stop It!
--> I was following a car the other day when the driver threw garbage out the window. Hello! Now maybe I’m a little sensitive after having spent last Saturday morning picking garbage out of the ditch, but really, come on. The last time I checked, littering was still considered rude and slightly obnoxious. Not to…
It’s just not right!
It is just a “U”, but it is the difference between something being right and something being wrong. Perhaps you know what I’m talking about; It’s the “U” that our neighbours to the south neglect to include in words like harbour, colour and saviour. Which is fine if you live south of the 49th, but…
Take the Time to Vote.
He dropped the writ. We’ve been waiting for it and wondering when it would happen and now it has happened. Dropping the writ is an awesome term. It is much classier than simply saying that he called an election. However, it doesn’t really matter whether you are dropping a writ or calling an election, the…
A Free Trade? Not.
There’s been a lot of talk of free trade in the news lately. You might recall that one of the planks in Donald Trump’s election was to re-visit NAFTA to ensure that Americans were being treated fairly when it came to cross border commerce. And it seems that’s one promise he’s set to deliver on.Last…
Live Forever
Have you heard about the research venture called “The Methuselah Project”? Those of you with a grasp of the Old Testament have probably made the leap already. The Methuselah Project is looking into ways that we can stop or maybe even reverse the aging process. As I read about medical advances and genomes, the benefit…