The other day, I sat with a lady who is receiving palliative care, and she cheered me up. It’s not often that happens, but during the entire time there I didn’t hear a discouraging word from her, no complaints, no regrets.Bev has spent her life loving Jesus and serving His church as a pastor’s wife…
Happy New Year
Well, Christmas has come and gone and New Year’s Eve is just a memory. How are you feeling about 2016? Are you excited? Are you cautious? Are you simply resigned to it happening? The reality is that, regardless of how we feel about the coming year, there is a very good chance that it is…
Now that’s News!
The headlines that vied for top place this week seemed to be the new Star Wars Movie, including the multimillion dollar pay cheque that Harrison Ford received, and the mistake made at the Miss Universe Pageant. The fairness of both stories have been debated by the masses. In Ford’s case it seems that he may…
Chance and Choice
December 6th was the 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 98years. And I knew all those things but what…
Thank You Salvation Army
$500,000.00, that was the amount of a cheque dropped into a Salvation Army kettle last week in Rosemount, Minnesota. $500,000.00! I’m pretty sure the local Salvation Army thought the cheque was simply a joke, that it was too good to be true. But it was true, the cheque was honoured at the bank, all $500,000.00. …
They are going to the chapel
Who would have thunk? After living together for thirty years they are finally tying the knot. And I don’t know what was more of a shock, reading about the wedding or seeing the picture of the happy couple. She doesn’t look much different than she did when I had a crush on her when I…
I hear singing!
So, the other day I was strolling through Walmart when I heard it. At first I thought I had just imagined what they were singing about, but when I stopped and paid closer attention I confirmed that was what they were singing. And nobody seemed outraged, as a matter of fact I don’t think anyone…
Something I didn’t know
I stumbled across something the other day that I didn’t know. Unlike our neighbours to the south, our leaders very rarely talk about their faith publically. We all seem to know that Stephen Harper was an Evangelical Christian, but I never actually heard him mention it. Maybe everyone learned a lesson from Stockwell Day. But…
Christmas Projects
It’s November, the days are getting shorter and as much as we might try to ignore it, thoughts of Christmas start creeping up. At Cornerstone we promote “Christmas” projects, not projects that have will have an impact on Cornerstone but on people who we will never meet. Operation Christmas Child will put gift boxes in…
The Price of Fall
Angela and I were marvelling at the autumn colours last week as we drove along the highway. The woods were a kaleidoscope of colours, no two the same. It wasn’t hard to imagine Jack Frost painting each leaf individually.One of the many things we missed during our time in Australia were the fall colours. As…