Monthly Archives: December 2024
Eye of the Beholder
Ottawa’s first major snowfall of the season was Saturday night, and when I went out to shovel on Sunday morning my neighbors had already been hard at work. Do you see what I see? I was convinced that this was an old-style steam railroad engine. After all, we live across the street from a light-rail […]
Second Sunday
Today is the second Sunday of the Advent season, the day we light the peace candle. Not that there’s much peace in the world today, especially in the Middle East. The absence of peace is a reminder of why we need Advent and Christmas. Jesus came to bring peace. Left on our own, we humans […]
Man The Lifeboats!
I know the title should have been “Person The Lifeboats” but it doesn’t flow off the tongue the same way. Rest assured I wasn’t trying to be sexist. It is Flashback Friday though, so we don’t we head back to what was posted here on December 6, 2014. I was flabbergasted at the words of […]
The Pardon
As a father I understand. As a politician, I am appalled. US President Joe Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter, who was about to go to prison after convictions on several serious charges. This came after repeatedly saying no-one is above the law and that there would be no pardon. After decades of honorable public […]
First Sunday of Advent
The Christmas season officially begins today. It is a time of anticipation of the joy of the birth of the Christ child. You don’t need to be a Christian to be captured by the season. Probably most of those who celebrate are not Christ followers. But it is a special time for Christians. My family […]
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