Category Religion
Definitely Not A Hit
Many years ago I hosted a daily noon-hour request show at Ottawa’s CHRI-FM. I had mixed feelings about it. The plus was the interaction with the audience. Radio is a solitary occupation, and those who called in with requests were a reminder that there was an audience out there, that the songs I was playing weren’t […]
Christmas Eve, 2023
Today is the fourth Sunday in Advent, the day we light the candle signifying Love. Like Hope, Peace and Joy the previous few Sundays, sometimes it doesn’t feel like there is much love in the world. The picture is of a nativity scene at a Lutheran church in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ. Setting […]
Three More Sleeps
With Christmas just around the corner, some Advent thoughts from 2015. He looked round again and could hardly believe his eyes. There was the blue sky overhead, and grassy country spreading as far as he could see in every direction, and his new friends all round him, laughing. “It seems, then,” said Tirian, smiling himself, […]
An End To Fear
Times have changed. You can’t watch it on television anymore – unless you are an Apple TV subscriber. But for 50 years it was a broadcast television staple at this time of year. A Charlie Brown Christmas is based on the Peanuts comic strip that became popular in the 1950s. The strip was a cultural […]
A Time For Joy
The third Sunday in Advent sees the lighting of the candle signifying joy. How joyful are you these days? Thursday, the last time I posted here, I seemed anything but joyful. I realize now that my malaise was real – the onset of a cold that more or less knocked me out of circulation since […]
A Time For Peace
Today is the second Sunday of the Advent season. Last week we lit the candle of Hope. Today’s candle is Peace. There seems to be precious little peace in our world today. The war in Gaza has passed the two-month mark. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is approaching its second anniversary. These are the two […]
That Sort of Day
I’m going to let Solomon provide today’s post, the first verses of Ecclesiastes. He does get more optimistic as the story unfolds, but today I’ll let him add to the gloom. Everything Is Meaningless 1 The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem: 2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher.“Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” 3 What do people gain […]
Toiling In Anonymity
I first posted this in November 2020 and thought it was worth revisiting. One of the delights about visiting someplace new is learning bits of local history, things you don’t read in history books. I, for example, had never heard of Saint Arbogast. Had you? Walking through Dottingen one afternoon, I visited St. Arbogast’s Chapel […]
Known By His Initials
Does the name Clive Staples Lewis ring a bell? I asked three people earlier today, and they all said “no.” However, when I asked about C.S. Lewis the response was a resounding “yes.” The author if the Narnia series, and theological treatises like Mere Christianity was always better known by his initials than his full […]
Definitely Not Disney
Today’s intended post seemed a little heavy for a Sunday, so I thought I’d repost this from 2017 instead I’m not a big fan of theme parks. Never have been. I’ve never traveled to the various Disney or Universal Studios offerings in Florida. I’m told they are a great experience, but they aren’t the experience […]
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