Live as Citizens of Heaven Can you remember the last time you received a letter? A letter, not an email but a letter? And not a letter from the CRA or your bank, but a personal letter. A letter from a friend, delivered in an envelope, with a stamp by Canada Post? Seriously, have you…
The Truth about Toasters.
Does the name Alan MacMasters ring a bell? It should. He invented the electric toaster. It’s true. He has been named as the inventor of the toaster in more than a dozen books. Wikipedia credits him with the invention, along with articles published worldwide. He was kind of a hero in his native Scotland, and…
Flattered or Offended
I didn’t know whether to be flattered or offended. A while back, 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…
Say What?
I was sitting in my office annex the other day and was listening to folks use Canada's third official language as they ordered double-doubles, triple singles and four-by-fours. Which begs the question: is a coffee with four creams and four sugars still a coffee, or is it liquid candy? But again, I digress. As I…
Who’s Responsible?
A recent news story headline caught my attention the other day. It read, “Syphilis cases in babies skyrocket in Canada amid health-care failures.”And it made me go, hmmm?The article seemed to imply that the reason syphilis cases in babies were skyrocketing in Canada was our failing healthcare system.There was a time that escalating syphilis cases…
He Who Has An Ear!
He was there on a whim. He didn’t have to be there, it wasn’t part of his job, but he had heard that something was going to happen, got caught up in the moment, and there he was. He was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. As the mob broke through the…
Faux Holidays
I have often thought the concept of Easter Monday was kind of strange. You know it had to be a blatant quest for a four-day weekend. That someone, somewhere, had a eureka moment and decided that the Monday following Easter Sunday was obviously Easter Monday and, as such deserved to be a holiday. And that’s…
Palm Sunday 2023
It was a party, everyone was there, and it was a celebration. The video clip you just watched was from Jesus Christ Super Star 2001, and I love the Palm Sunday scene. It captures the excitement and joy of that day, from the excitement of the crowd to the animosity of the religious leaders and…
Tim’s is my Parish
Earlier this week, I was working in the annex when a gentleman came in and sat down across from me. He wasn’t a stranger, I’ve spoken to him any number of times at Tim Horton’s through the years, but he is just a passing acquaintance. He asked if he could avail himself of my services in…
From the Mouth of a Fish!
Peter just shook his head. That was all they wanted was money. Couldn’t they see the bigger picture? That there was more at stake than just money. They had just arrived back in town, and before they could even get settled, the church was there with its hand out. Well, it wasn’t actually the church,…