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The Queen’s Message
I could do without the music before and after her annual Christmas message (she starts talking just before the two minute mark) , but I really like what Her Majesty had to say this year. I’ve linked to a version with subtitles if you have difficulty with British English. People sometimes forget that one of […]
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 […]
A Christmas Bonus!
This showed up in my Facebook feed today. I first met Roy almost 40 years ago – so nice to see he’s still putting out music. Roy Salmond – Producer Sponsored · A little over 10 years ago, I created a solo piano album of mellow Christmas favourites. They were sold as a ‘value […]
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 […]
Random Thoughts For Advent
It is the last Sunday of the Advent season. Christmas is this Friday. The lack of snow and unseasonably warm temperatures are making it easier for me to filter out the distractions of the season. It doesn’t feel like Christmas. Local golf courses will be open on Dec. 25th, for the first time ever. The […]
An Advent Reflection
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, “that the Stable seen from within and the Stable seen from […]
I apologize in advance for this…
…but I couldn’t think of anything more appropriate for the third Sunday in Advent! And if you don’t get it, try reading this and this.
Entering The Season
Yesterday was the first Sunday in Advent. My wife insists that is when we have to put up the Christmas tree. To me that seems very early. She says December is a busy time, and if we put it off it won’t get done. I agree in theory, but somehow I don’t think we would […]
Believing The Hard Things
Christians celebrate Jesus’ birth today, and the rest of the world joins in because everybody loves a party. Not that he was actually born on December 25, but any day is good enough. There are historical reasons why this particular date was chosen, but I’m not going to provide a history lesson today. You probably […]
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