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…
Charting the Decline
Over 50 dead and more than 500 injured in what has been described as “The deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. History.” When I was a teen that distinction was held by the University of Texas tower shootings when 16 people were killed and 31 were injured by Charles Whitman in 1966. After fifty years…
No Mulligans
I read an interesting article in the Halifax Metro the other day. The title was “Euthanasia requests not met in Nova Scotia”. The gist of the article was that of the 64 requests for assisted suicide in the first six months of this year, only 24 had been acted on. Of the remaining 2/3’s, some…
That makes sense!
I was getting ready for my day when I noticed how grey my hair and beard had become. Instead of looking like a pirate, now I looked like Santa Claus.As I wondered how that could possibly have happened without me noticing, I remembered something I was told almost thirty years ago. Roy Corey, a member…
Making Memories
I subscribe to Yogi Berra's theory that if you don't attend other people's funerals, they won't come to yours. With that in mind, whenever I can, I attend the funeral of Wesleyan Pastors on our district.Last weekend the staff from Cornerstone made their way to the chapel at Kingswood University in Sussex to say good-bye…