Angela and I saw a great movie last week. I know this isn’t the place for movie reviews but it was funny and exciting and we really enjoyed it. Unfortunately that wasn’t the view of most of the critics. It was panned and ridiculed in the media and as a result lost a boatload of…
Here today. . .
He was a million times richer than Bill Gates. . . for a day. Think of the possibilities. Last week Chris Reynolds became the world’s richest man . . . for a while. Imagine the Pennsylvania account executive’s surprise when his monthly statement from Pay Pal showed a balance of $92,233,720,368,547,800, that’s 92 quadrillion dollars. …
Mission Statement of the Church
For those of you who have kids and can remember leaving their children alone, whether it was for an hour, an evening or a day you understand that the most important thing that you wanted to them to remember were your last words. “I love you, remember your homework”, “I love you don’t forget to…
No Ransom
In November of this year I will be travelling to Peru with an international relief agency on what is referred to as an “Exposure Trip”. So this week I filled out the eight page “Travel Release” form that is required before I travel. I have done this different times for different agencies, but this time,…
It’s not Black and White
Angela and I were talking the other day and I commented on a friend we had in Australia. According to his older sister, when Adam was a child, he thought that colour was a recent innovation. He had assumed that in the old days, everything was black and white! That may seem silly to us…
What do you Want?
The Palestinian sun beat down on the two friends as they listened to John exhort the crowds to repentance. For the past few weeks they had followed John everywhere he had gone, listened to his message, and watched the crowd’s reaction. At first they were sure that he was the one that the prophets had…
No Excuse.
I received a certificate in the mail the other day from Canada Blood Services recognizing the fact that I have made fifty donations. And it made me feel a little bad. I’ve been donating blood since high school but I’ve only made fifty donations? It probably should be a hundred and fifty donations. I don’t…
Are You Leaving Me Too?
Are you leaving me too? On December 7th 1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the people of the United States and referred to the previous day as “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”. Most of you know what he was referring to, on December 6th Japan had attacked Pearl Harbour. There are other days…
A New Old Commitment
The law of unintended consequences. At times it’s one of my favourite laws and at other times one of my least favourite. This past week it fell into the former category. The plan was to attend Agustinus and Erlina Nagata’s Canadian Citizenship Ceremony. What a privilege to be able to be there to celebrate the…
Talking to the Father
Last Sunday was Father’s Day and I would imagine the phone lines were burning up as people were calling their dads. I phoned my dad and I got one phone call and a text from my kids. And for those whose fathers are no longer with them they probably thought about conversations that they have…