I don’t know if the plan had been for it to be a three hour cruise but it turned into a 66 day nightmare. Louis Jordan had set sail for a few days of fishing but what was supposed to be a routine trip on his 35 foot sailboat named “Angel” turned into anything but. …

That year gas sold for 54.3 cents a litre, the five year mortgage rate was 10.6 % and the Canadian dollar was worth about 72 cents American.   Some might remember that was the year that the Maple Leaf Gardens were sold, the Paul Bernado trial began, Quebec narrowly decided to remain a part of Canada,…

Next week we will be celebrating the 20th Anniversary of our first public service.  But our first “non” public service was held 20 years ago this week.  In order to be somewhat sure that everything would work on our grand opening, we had a “trial” service on April 2, 1995.  And so Stan Wickwire and…

We’ve been having a few leaks in the church building lately & actually that kind of minimizes the issue. If we were a boat we’d be sinking.  Ten years ago, as I watched the property being cleared and test pits being dug, I was in no way thinking about the building problems we might be…

It’s here, it’s here! That time of the year that we all look forward to. The time of the year that we realize how lucky we are to live in this wonderful country and we can take the time to reflect on how blessed we are. That’s right... it’s “Tax Time”! What did you think…

Have you noticed lately how much more daylight we are seeing. Each day it's getting light earlier and staying light longer and as Martha would say: That's a good thing.Spring is not only an awesome time of the year but it's also a great metaphor for life. No matter how dark, cold and long the…

A while back I read a story that said 58% of sport fans pray that their team will win. I'm not sure what to make of that, other than wild speculation concerning the spiritual condition of Toronto Maple Leaf fans. 58 %, so how would, or more importantly how should, God respond to those prayers?…

Have you picked up on the fact that winter isn’t my favourite season?  As a matter of fact winter doesn’t even rank in the list of my top favourite seasons. (which just happen to be summer, summer, summer and autumn)  But it’s not just the weather, it’s having to listen to everyone gripe about the…

Recently I heard about a four year old boy in Ontario who suffered frost bite on his tongue when he licked the frozen window on his school bus. Ouch.  When I was a kid there was always the story about the kid who got stuck to a sign post in the winter when they licked…

Last month Grand Manan Island lost one of its oldest residents, a man that the media has embraced over the past several years.  There have been television specials aired about him and magazine articles written about him.  Part of the fascination seems to be that even in his tenth decade, Oliver Green has continued to…