I was at the beach, but I had no intention of getting wet.Last week Angela and I decided that a picnic with the grand kids would be fun while the weather was still warm so we arranged to meet our daughter and her family at the lake. My plan was to read and watch them…
It’s Just Ten Bucks
Lou Gehrig ’s disease, that’s what we called it when I was growing up. I’m sure that some folks actually referred to it as ALS but I was an adult before it was anything but Lou Gehrig ’s disease to me. I was just a kid when I saw the movie “Pride of the Yankees”…
Behind My Self
I was walking down the hall at the hospital the other day when I suddenly realized that I was following myself. And I was intrigued. I have been beside myself on different occasions but I had never been behind myself. Now understand, I wasn’t actually following myself, but it seemed that way. The guy I…
Why?
How do you react in the face of tragedy when life doesn’t seem fair? The folks on Grand Manan Island have had more than their share of tragedy over the past couple of months. Since June there have been six tragic deaths on the island. Now I understand that most deaths are tragic for someone,…
What is in a name?
20 years ago I added an “n” to my name. It was a whim but I’ve never regretted it. 15 years before that I had removed the same “n” along with a “y” when I went from being Denny to being Den. And for fifteen years I had people correct my name, helpfully changing it…
We Win
Well, another survey is out, showing that Christianity is losing ground and that church attendance is down. But, depending on your perspective, we aren’t losing, we’re winning. When you stop and think about it, every person who isn’t a Christian hasn’t been lost from Christianity, they just haven’t been won to Christianity yet. The starting…
Three guys, Patty Mick and Shaun. . .
You know I have never met a terrorist. Never. And you would think I would have, considering how many Muslims there are in our community. Unless, not all Muslims are terrorists. As a matter of fact all of the Muslims that I've met are pretty decent folks who love Canada and they seem genuinely friendly.…
Hello? Hello?
The phone rang last Monday morning at 1:20! 1:20! You know that if you get a telephone call at that hour it can't be good news. Nobody calls you at twenty after one in the morning just to say hello or to tell you that you’ve won the lottery. (I can assure you the lottery…
Say What?
I didn’t know whether to be flattered or offended. Last week I received an e-mail from a preacher asking for my forgiveness. And I wasn’t sure that he had done anything to me that I could forgive him for. Apparently, he had preached some of my messages and had passed them off as his own,…
It was twenty years ago today. . .
It was twenty years ago today. . ., and you might be thinking. . . that ” Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play….. but that’s just showing your age. It was twenty years ago today that the Guptills arrived back in Canada with the dream of a new church that would impact a community…