The flag is unique in that it is the only one in the world that has a leaf on it. With a land mass of 9.9 million square kilometres it is 2nd only to Russia. Bordering on the Atlantic, Pacific and Artic Oceans, this country has 243,000 kilometers of shoreline. If a person were to…
As a lay pastor it always deeply saddens me when I see churches close the doors for good. In this area of Central Ontario the year 2016 has seen several churches close down in the area. And the ones that remain open are really struggling to keep going. What is happening? Why has there been…
The original Father’s Day goes back 116 years ago to 1910 after a lady named Sorora Smart Dodd advocated to have a day to honour dads. After her mother died her dad William Jackson Smart raised Sonora and her five siblings. Like many holidays and special days Father’s Day has gotten very commercialized, in 2015…
Have you ever been in a situation where someone has really tried to “get under your skin” (an idiom meaning “To annoy or irritate someone intensely”)? Or to “rattle you” (an idiom meaning “to make someone angry on purpose, often in order to make them seem silly)”? This was the situation Jesus faced in Luke 7:36-50 when He…
It can be healthy from time to time to take some time to reflect on one’s own life and the decisions we have made that have shaped us to be the way we are. Sometimes those decisions have put us in a good spot, and maybe sometimes the very opposite. Ageing does definitely change the…
It has been a very busy weekend for our church, but particularly for the ladies. My wife was working well into Friday night and early Saturday morning measuring, mixing and then baking several dozen chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies for our church bake sale tables. The bake sale was part of a large community…
Officially it is called the Victoria Day weekend, but many people call it “May two-four”, or the “May 24 long weekend”. What makes it so special in Canada, is that after a long winter, the weather is warming up, and there is a pretty good chance you can walk around without a jacket. It is…
Electricity has always been around, but it has only just been over a century that mankind has been able to commercially harness it. Who would have thought. Who would have thought that from that daring experiment by Benjamin Franklin where he extracted power from a lightning rod using a metal key tied to a kite. And today…
From the website link on mother’s day facts, trivia and lore; Mother’s Day is celebrated in over 50 countries of the world. Many counties the day is celebrated in May, but in some countries it is held on a completely different month of the year. And for whatever reason, the vast majority of languages worldwide,…
Mrs. Klapisch’s cat was feeling a bit off so she took it to the veterinarian. The doctor had her hold the animal on the examining table as he touched and gently squeezed it. He then walked slowly around the table, all the while looking back and forth, back and forth. When he was done, he…
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