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The Refugee Family
I guess you could call them political refugees. It’s a familiar story, I’m sure you have heard it before. They were in the wrong place at the wrong time. They got out before the soldiers came because they had been tipped off. You can attribute that to divine intervention if you like, or just to […]
Bethesda
In the New Testament book of John here is a reference to a place of healing, pool, that in English is rendered Bethesda. The Hebrew word translates as “House of Mercy.” Just outside of Ottawa there is a retreat centre that aspires to be such a place, the Bethesda Renewal Centre. On New Year’s Eve […]
The Big Boat
The reference to the Titanic in yesterday’s post did bring something to mind, a slight connection I had with that ill-fated ship that sank in 1912. Back in the 1960s I had a friend whose grandmother hailed originally from Northern Ireland. Her father had been employed by Harland & Wolff, the Belfast shipbuilder who […]
Monday’s Words Of Wisdom
I have no idea where I got this one. I really need to pay more attention when I see these things online. That way at least I can give credit where credit is due. If I was more computer literate I’d fix the grammatical error, but that sort of skill is beyond me.
Winter is Here???!!!
After an unseasonably warm Fall I woke up this morning to freezing rain with colder temperatures and some major snowfalls in the forecast. Looks like it might be here to stay. Mind you, we normally get around 75 centimetres of snow before Christmas. This yer we had one, which quickly melted. It was 16 degrees […]
Christ Is Risen – Merry Christmas
I’m not confused. I know it is Christmas – but the day would have no meaning if not for Easter. The baby in a manger celebrated in song and image was the beginning, but it was the planned ending that was important. Without the death and resurrection it might as well have been Frosty the […]
Peace On Earth
This is one of my favourite Christmas songs of the 21st century so far. It has a hymn-like quality to it and a nice balance between the now and the not yet. Kind of appropriate somehow for Christmas Eve. Heaven on earth We need it now I’m sick of all of this Hanging around Sick […]
The Angel Down The Street
I’ve gotten used to seeing workmen in trees in my neighbourhood. Like the rest of Ottawa we have been hit hard by the Emerald Ash Borer. Thirty percent of the trees have been affected. Many have been removed and more are slated to come down. Last month our house was hit by a large branch […]
Dollars and Sense
Sports salaries have long passed any relation to reality, but baseball seems to be taking things to new heights. I don’t begrudge the exorbitant earnings of athletes. The worker is, after all, worthy of his hire. Professional athletes in a capitalist system may be well paid – but they would not get that money if […]
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