In just over a year our two neighbouring countries Canada and the United States have elected two new political leaders representing in each case a change in political parties. Canada’s election brought forth a lot of emotion, and the United States even to a greater extent. In Canada and the United States we live in…
The story of The Prodigal Son is probably is one of the most well known parables that came from Jesus, who was an amazing teacher. So what is a parable anyways. The simplest way to describe it would be “An earthly story with a spiritual truth” From Luke 15 starting in verse 11 it starts off with a…
A Harvard Health Publication coming out of psychology research from Harvard Medical School has concluded that “giving thanks and showing gratitude can make you happier”. The word “gratitude” is derived from the Latin word “gratia” meaning grace, graciousness or gratefulness depending on the context. Not only is gratitude strongly and consistently associated with greater happiness,…
Sheep Worrying is a term not used much in Canada, but in places like the UK or New Zealand where there are a lot of sheep it is a well known term. It is when dogs are not leashed while hiking through sheep country and they end up chasing sheep causing the sheep to panic. …
Today (September 10th) is the day set aside by the World Health Organization as World Suicide Prevention Day. It serves as a reminder of the lives lost to suicide each year and acts as a motivating force to encourage wide-spread prevention efforts. Every 40 seconds on average someone on our planet will take their own…
Next week for most students in the Northern Hemisphere it is the return to school after summer break. For some people it means sadness, and well, others cannot wait for school to begin again. One of the things we really take for granted is education. There are many millions of children in the world that…
This past week marks the 25th anniversary of what is known as the World Wide Web. The very 1st computer networking concept began as early as 1965, but it would take another 26 years before it would be reinvented and refined for that global system of interconnected computer networks to be made public to use as the World…
It has been a tremendous 2 weeks watching the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, and witnessing on the greatest stage on earth who would be the fastest, the strongest and the most acrobatic. Years of full time training, discipline and hard work all boils down to an under 10 second foot race, a polished routine or…
The year was 1898, and it was the wrestling match to settle the score of who was going to be the champion of the world. In Europe, weighing in at 350 pounds was the formidable Youssuf “The Terrible Turk” Ishmaelo (who wrestled under the name Youuf Ismail “The Terrible Turk”). In his four years in…
The passage is one of the most well known parables in the Bible, probably coming behind the parable of The Prodigal Son. In trying to explain how we should treat our neighbours, Jesus told about a mugging. A man was beaten, robbed and left for dead beside the road. (from Luke 10:25-37) Jesus talked about three…
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