Wow… intense
I'm not sure I'd want to be Rahman right now, I'm sure he's keeping a pretty low profile. Rahman is freed - Yahoo! News Is it the extremists that are calling for his death, or is this actually what the religion calls for? I'm trying to understand the response to...
What’s the date today?
Let's see, it's the 27th, the due date was the 17th. Still no baby... Bev is more than ready to welcome the new one into the family, but the little one has only been teasing us all weekend with lots and lots of Braxton Hicks contractions that stop as soon as Bev...
The face of Jesus in PEI?
An interesting story coming out of PEI has drawn quite a bit of attention! Cloth image draws visitors to P.E.I. church It really is quite amazing that the face of Jesus shows up within the crown of thorns. Of course there's many things that could be attributed to the...
Was on a little trip
Some people know that I was out of town over the reading week break. I went to Ottawa for an E&S interview to assess where I am in the process of ordination. The interview did not go as well as hoped. In fact it was quite familiar to the last interview I had. So,...
Sermon – Feb 19, 2006
Who here this morning has pets? Have your pets done anything that completely surprised you? Something that you never, ever expected you’d see? Bev and I have two retired racing greyhounds that we adopted when we were living in Ottawa.
One day I was in the backyard BBQ’ing some chicken for supper. As usual the dogs were in the backyard with me, lazing in the early evening sun. Bev had been out earlier in the day reading on a blanket, and left the blanket out. Zorro, our older dog had claimed this blanket for his own, and was sprawled out sleeping right in the middle of it. Ruby, the younger and more puppyish of the two was struggling to find room to lay down without being too close to Zorro. Ruby is the dog who has all the toys, Zorro is occasionally interested, but usually just prefers to sleep. He takes his retirement very seriously. So, this evening as I waited for the food to cook, I watched as Ruby paced around the blanket. Appearing to give up, she goes and grabs one of her stuffed toys.
But instead of tossing it around, she walks over and places it on the corner of the blanket near Zorro’s feet and walks away. My curiosity is increasing, this is new behaviour.
“Take a Bath”
“Take a Bath†2 Kings 5:1-14, Mark 1:40-45 Click the title for the recording of the sermon that I delivered at Cole Harbour Woodside United Church this morning. Our readings this morning offer a challenging concept to the Western world today. They speak of...