Author Archives: Lorne Anderson
Worship On The Danforth
I was in Toronto recently and spent a couple of hours walking up and down Danforth Avenue to stretch my legs after the five hour drive. The street is known for its restaurants, many different ethnicities being represented in a few blocks. There is a large Greek section, but I also spotted various Chinese […]
More Than Culture Shock!
Today’s predicted high temperature in Damascus, according to the BBC is 18 degrees Celsius. Today’s predicted high in Ottawa is -22 degrees Celsius. With the wind chill it will feel like -36. We have hundreds of newcomers in Ottawa, refugees escaping the fighting in Syria. Everything here is new to them, the language, the food, […]
Servant Leadership
With the primary season underway in the US Presidential election the number of candidates is beginning to narrow. Or at least become a bunch as opposed to a herd. Last summer I said i expected the choice this November to be between Jeb Bush and Joe Biden. Even though Biden isn’t running I’m not ready […]
No Post Today – You are Imagining This
I had several ideas for today and have decided that all of them are too controversial for a Thursday. Either that or I have writer’s block. Yes, that must be it.
Teacher X
He was not the worst teacher I ever had. Or maybe he was. More than 40 years later I can’t decide. He knew his subject, which I guess is a plus. But his treatment of his students was, at the very least, disrespectful. I think his classroom management methods built up resentment and stifled the […]
Super Bowl Sunday
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Rabban Hormizd IV
They’ve stopped saying mass in the church due to the security situation in the area. There’s a police checkpoint at the foot of the mountain, intended to prevent further looting. This part of Iraq is predominantly Christian, a throwback to the time when Christians were the majority in the entire Middle East. Muslims resent that, […]
Hiking In The Rose Valley V
Time to let the pictures speak for themselves. I walked for a couple of hours, no more, and really only scratched the surface of what there was to see. I’ve been back to Turkey a couple of times since, but on those occasions I never got out of Ataturk Airport in Istanbul. I’m hoping that […]
Refugee Resettlement
It’s the big question that no-one has the courage to ask. What happens in the second year? Canada is becoming home to 25,000 Syrian refugees before the end of February, people leaving behind civil war and ISIS terror for hope in a new land. To say life here will be a difficult adjustment is probably […]
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