Well, summer is winding down. Tomorrow I will be back on busy Highway 93 for my school crossing guard duties. And 3 Sunday’s ago I returned to the pulpit to preach at the three churches of the Uptergrove Charge after our 4 week summer break. It’s been a good summer break. Other years I have…
Fifty years ago I would never have expected I would be lay pastor at three wonderful rural Presbyterian churches in Oro-Medonte and Rama Townships in Ontario, Canada. I’ve always been a bit of a shy soul, awkward in social settings. And after my dad suddenly died from a heart attack in 1973 when I was…
For as long as I can remember, I have always had jigsaw puzzles kicking around. They are one of those things where I have to be in the right frame of mind to work on.. If I am in the right frame of mind I might just pull one out and start the puzzle. There…
I’ve worked a lot of jobs in my lifetime. From grave digging, to brick and block laborer, farm worker, to factory worker, to warehouse worker, to painter, to ditch digger, to leaky basement laborer, to ski lift operator, to worker in the water well drilling industry. But the one job I really dreaded heading out…
A questionable photo from college days. A tweet written when in a bad mood. A Facebook rant. Careless words are nothing new. In years gone by most people have not had ample opportunities to publish their passing thoughts for the world’s consumption. Not until social media came around. This puts us in a position to…
LeBron James is a basketball superstar who had very humble beginnings. Born on December 30, 1084, Lebron was abandoned before he was born by his father. His mother Gloria was only 16 at the time, and having to work several jobs, she raised him from birth to the best of her ability. When Lebron was…
When a person retires he or she might travel a bit more or take up a hobby. For Philmont, New York retiree Philip Paterson, he did something that has never been done before in modern times. Working away up to 14 hours a day, he hand wrote the over 288,000 words of the Bible in it’s entirety…
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