It suddenly dawned on me how cold it was. I was filling my car up and realized that I was cold and not just a little cold either…… I was really cold. And then I had an epiphany. It was minus 14 and I was pumping gas with my leather jacket wide open and no…
2016, Good or Bad?
I recently heard someone commenting on what a bad year 2016 had been. I was a little intrigued so I asked what had made the year so bad. So they began to list off the celebrities who had passed away in 2016. I wasn’t sure how many there were or even who they were so…
I am Resolved
Well it’s 2017, who would have thunk it. And I would suspect that there have been a pile of New Year’s resolutions made in the past 11 hours and if the truth was known there have probably been a pile of New Year’s resolutions broken in the past 11 hours. We have probably all verbally…
A Little Good News Story
If you are a Metro reader then hopefully you caught their “happy Edition” published on December 23rd.Across Canada, all seven editions of the Metro committed to publish only positive news, at least for that day. Cathrin Bradbury, Metro’s Editor-in-Chief, introduced the edition with a brief editorial, speaking of hope and optimism, a sentiment that seemed particularly…
The Story of a Prophet
The Story of a Prophet We all know the Story; we’ve heard it over and over again. If you close your eyes you can almost picture them, the Old Testament words that are read each year during Advent. The words of Isaiah and Micah that relate to the coming messiah. They are repeated in sermons,…
The Story of a Birth
The Story of a Birth We all know the Story; we’ve heard it over and over again. this is the beginning of the Christmas story and it has all the earmarks of a great story. You hear it this time of year in sermons, songs and read about it on Christmas cards. Of course, it’s…
Truth from an Unlikely Place
You find truth in some of the strangest places. I was reading an article online awhile ago, Unitarian minister Marilyn Sewell was interviewing atheist Christopher Hitchens. Hitchens who passed away in 2011 was the epitome of “all dressed up and no place to go”, he was also the author of “God is not Great: How Religion…
Story of a Journey
We all know the Story; we’ve heard it over and over again. If you close your eyes you can almost picture them, Mary, Great with Child, on a donkey. Wow while that may be an accurate description I’m not sure that any woman ever, would appreciate being described that way. Ranks right up there with,…
Back to the Future
It has been over thirty years since Doc Brown warned Marty McFly about the dangers of messing with the space-time continuum, and yet apparently, a group of physicists want to give it a try. Two professors from Griffith University in Australia and one from the University of California have decided that maybe time travel isn’t…
Story of Royalty
The Story of Royalty We all know the Story; we’ve heard it over and over again. If you close your eyes you can almost picture them. Riding their camels across the desert at night, the moon highlighting their royal robes and crowns against the stark desert sand. It is a very familiar part of the…