Last week I got my first set of hearing aids. I always thought hearing aids were for old people. Obviously, I was wrong.Recently I discovered that while nodding and smiling when you didn’t hear someone might work 95% of the time, the other 5% didn’t work out so well. (Ask Pastor Marilyn) So it was…
A Celebration of Nothing
If it was a different culture, it would be called it cultural appropriation. Through the years we’ve seen Christmas go from being a celebration of Christ to a celebration of Santa and Snowmen. But now it seems it’s become a celebration of nothing.Last week, at one of our local schools, the children’s concert didn’t even…
Three out of Ten
I stumbled across an article about online returns the other day. Don’t ask, I sometimes wonder myself about what I read. The article mentioned that during the Christmas season, 17% of online purchases will be returned. Wow, that seems like a lot, and apparently, people don’t understand what the high rate of returns will eventually…
Oh, the Humanity.
What a tempest in a teapot. About mid-November, it started. Across social media, “Christians” were expressing their outrage over Atlantic Superstore and its owners, Loblaws. They called on other Christians to share their outrage and boycott Superstore.Was the bread price-fixing scandal back in the news? No. Was it the company’s record profits while Canadian families…
It’s your Choice
I was part of democracy in action this week. Not only did I vote, but I also worked on Election Day as a Poll Supervisor, which isn't nearly as important as it sounds. But as I wandered around the polling station for a little over eternity (ok, that was a slight exaggeration) I was able…
A Man of Some Words
I’m a professional communicator. I literally get paid to talk. I’m also a published author. You might say that I am a man of many words. But there are some words that I just can't say. It’s weird. I look at them, and my mind can’t figure out how to say them.The other day I…
Careful little Tongue. . .
It seems all we have been hearing about on the news over the past two weeks has concerned the results of the recent US Federal election. I was surprised by the number of Canadians caught up in the election fever. I’m not sure there will be very many Americans interested in the next Canadian Federal…
Remembrance Day 2024
In the Gospel of John Chapter 15 and verse 13, we read Jesus’s words as he tells those who chose to follow him, There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. Today, we stop for a few minutes and step away from the everyday to remember and honour those…
Breaking Up is Hard to Do. Not!
Can it get any more bizarre? (That by the way, was a rhetorical question and not a challenge).Last year, Suellen Carey, a transgender influencer, after experiencing years of dating disappointments, married herself. That’s bizarre, but apparently not unheard of in today’s culture. But wait, there’s more. After less than a year in a sologamous (I…
Panda Dogs
They were called Temu Pandas by some, which seemed a little harsh, accurate but harsh.Recently, a Chinese zoo admitted that two of their so-called pandas were actually dogs that had been painted to look like pandas. Really? One report said it was only when visitors noticed the panda-dogs panting and barking that the hoax was…