Christmas is getting closer, and the theme for this Sunday is joy. With that in mind, I thought we’d go with some a couple of humorous images of the season.
There are only a few shopping days left until Christmas, so on this Flashback Friday I though it appropriate to return to a post from December 13, 2016 and a shopping experience I had in Istanbul. I attended a workshop where the speaker recounted how she bought a carpet on a trip to Istanbul. She […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
It was the sign on the hill that got me chuckling. I’ve never been to Hollywood, but I have seen the iconic sign in movies, print and television (and yes I know it was originally a real estate ad). So when I saw the sign for Brasov I had to wonder what image the Romanian […]
The Vice President of the Philippines has hired a hit man to assassinate the president. Sounds like a typical thriller plot. The catch is that the hit man will not attempt to carry out his mission unless the Vice President is herself assassinated. Sara Duterte says it isn’t just President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. who will […]
Continuing with our Friday theme of looking back at previous posts, here’s one from November 22, 2014 – which has its roots more than 20 years before that. In shopping malls across North American the excitement has almost peaked: Santa Claus is coming! Indeed, many communities celebrate with a Santa Claus parade, held now about […]
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