Monthly Archives: April 2015
A Principled Man
Canadian politician James Lunney made the news last week as he resigned from the governing Conservatives in order to speak freely. Normally when a politician says he wants to speak freely you can expect him to criticize his former party, suggesting that he was muzzled, but that is not the case here. Lunney, who announced […]
Mythical?
Did Jesus Christ really live? Or was he a myth, invented and foisted on a gullible public? My friend Bruce sent me the link to a newspaper report that had surprised him and asked for my comments. It was the usual Easter season attack on the historicity of Christianity. I guess the timing surprised him, […]
Thoughts for an Easter Morning
The foundations of the earth shook when the words were first uttered. Angels danced with joy. Christ is risen! Friday had been about despair and shattered dreams. How could everything have gone so wrong? It wasn’t supposed to end like this! But it was. God had a plan. Christ is risen! Saturday was no better […]
The Twist
Sometimes a song strikes a chord in your soul. I was going to write extensively about this song (actually I did, I’m just not going to post it) but then decided it speaks for itself. Especially on this Saturday between Good Friday and Easter. The original is below; the version above is live and reworked. […]
Jerusalem Dragnet
As a radio guy I have a great appreciation for the traditions of the medium. I missed the golden age of radio drama. By the time I was born television, though still in its infancy, was beginning to take off. Pictures were replacing the aural landscape that dominated North American entertainment for three decades. Some […]
What If?
Never answer a hypothetical question. If you do it will only get you in trouble. That’s my advice when giving media training to politicians. Speculation on what they might or might not do in a specific situation that has not or did not occur can commit them to a path they later regret. Better to […]
Rumours of Spring
It is still unseasonably cold, with temperatures running about ten degrees Celsius lower than the norms for this time of year. It may be April, but it doesn’t feel like Winter has quite decided to relax its grip upon us. But there are signs of hope. The creek in front of my house, which is […]
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