It was like a flash back to the 70’s without the long hair, bell bottom jeans and great music, or as Yogi Berra said “It’s like Déjà vu all over again.” What I’m referring to were the scenes last weekend when gas stations across Nova Scotia began to run out of gasoline. When I left…
United we Stand, Story of the Book # 9
United we stand What a mess! It should have been a model church; after all it had all the earmarks of becoming the greatest church in the denomination. Its founding pastor was the most prolific church planter in the denomination; the next man was by far the best preacher that could be offered and tossed…
The Birth of the Church, Story of the Book # 8
The Birth of the Church Sigmund Freud wrote “The act of birth is the first experience of anxiety, and thus the source and prototype of the affect of anxiety.” Which might explain Andy Warhol’s statement “Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.” This is week eight of our Story of the…
The Smell of Moral Outrage
I love the smell of moral outrage. I read today that a group of Ashley Madison clients have joined together for a class action law suit. If you’ve missed the news, Ashley Madison is a website whose specific purpose is to hook up married people who want to cheat. Their slogan is "Life is short.…
Sharing isn’t always good
Perhaps you’ve seen some of the warnings and maybe you’ve even shared them. Many of the warnings have been showing up on Facebook and other social media. They involve Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO) and they are alarming and true. People are being warned that DHMO is used by the nuclear power industry, that it is used…
What Will I Have to Do? Story of the Book #7
What Do I have to Do? – Gospels During the four years that I was in Bible College I had several opportunities to have Dr. Bill Burbury as my Professor, and in some of his classes Dr. Burbury offered what he called “Mark by Contract.” When you went to your first class Dr. Burbury would…
Misplaced outrage
I'm supposed to be on vacation, not writing, but I just have to ask: Seriously ,what is wrong with society today? I like lions as much as the next guy; in an abstract way that is, I don't really know any lions personally. And in vague terms I thought “that's a shame” when I heard about…
Stuff Happens, The Story of the Book #4
I began by playing “the Bricklayers disaster” Video Boy, you gotta hate that. Maybe his name was Job, or Job Murphy, cause it seemed that anything that could go wrong did go wrong. You might recall the story from the Old Testament book that bears the name of Job. If you have your bible with…
Let the Sun Shine
Well, Cornerstone is producing electricity. Our 11 KW array is now connected to the “grid” and any excess power that is produced in the run of a day is sold back to Nova Scotia Power. And that is cool and confusing. I kind of understand how power is generated, in particular from turbines, you know:…
Who Says it’s Right? Story of the Book # 3
“Who Says it's right?” Judges 17:6 Begin with reading from “Through the Looking Glass” “What a beautiful belt you've got on!” Alice suddenly remarked. (They had had quite enough of the subject of age, she thought: and if they really were to take turns in choosing subjects, it was her turn now.) “At least,” she…