I was getting ready for my day when I noticed how grey my hair and beard had become. Instead of looking like a pirate, now I looked like Santa Claus.As I wondered how that could possibly have happened without me noticing, I remembered something I was told almost thirty years ago. Roy Corey, a member…
It’s the end of the World: Details to Follow
It’s the end of the world as we know it. Really? There are certain events that spark certain responses from Christians as a direct consequence of the scripture that we read earlier. Let’s go back to the last part of that scripture: Mark 13:7-8 And you will hear of wars and threats of wars, but…
Making Memories
I subscribe to Yogi Berra's theory that if you don't attend other people's funerals, they won't come to yours. With that in mind, whenever I can, I attend the funeral of Wesleyan Pastors on our district.Last weekend the staff from Cornerstone made their way to the chapel at Kingswood University in Sussex to say good-bye…
These Three Remain
People died, children were conceived, hearts were broken lives were changed and history was made. But now the summer of love was over. By October of 1967 the movement known as the Summer of Love, when over 100,000 hippies and flower children had descended on the Haight Asbury district of San Francisco was but a…
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 their double doubles, triple singles and four by fours. Which begs the question: is a coffee with four creams and four sugars still a coffee? But again, I digress. As I listened…
Through a Glass Darkly
Summer of Love 10 Seeing clearly By September of 1967 the residents of Haight Asbury had fallen out of love with the 100,000 hippies and flower children who had descended on their neighborhood for what had come to be known as the Summer of Love. The bloom was coming off the rose for the participants…
Bet They Didn’t Expect That!
Someone has been busy. I read an article the other day that nude pictures of Tiger Woods, Katharine McPhee, Kristen Stewart, and Miley Cyrus have all surfaced and ended up on the internet this week. I wonder if it ever crossed their minds that having nude digital pictures floating around was a bad idea? It’s…
Putting away Childish Things
Can you remember being a kid? Can you remember the thrill of each new morning and the wonder of each new day? Can you remember when a week seemed like an eternity, and it was a lifetime between Christmases? Can you remember nursery rhymes and fairy tales, and thinking that all stories had a happy…
Don’t Look Now
Another eclipse and again the world didn’t end. Did you catch the eclipse on Monday? It was pretty unspectacular in Halifax, certainly not worth flying here to see in your Lear jet. On the other hand, we are supposed to enjoy a complete eclipse in 2024. I remember the last time that happened, I was…
Love Never Fails
Summer of Love 5 Love Never Fails. The permanence of Love Well it’s been fifty years. Fifty years ago in Canada we celebrated our Centennial. Fifty years ago the Beatles released “Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band”. Fifty years ago Interracial Marriage was declared constitutional by The United States Supreme Court. Fifty years ago Elvis…