Graduation

My granddaughter, Taylor just graduated from Fredericton High School, the oldest High School in Canada and she did it in style despite the pandemic and the academic rigor. Today I prayed at the graduation ceremony of my alma mater. It’s been 48 years ago since I...

Strange Times

We share something globally in these days. Something we have never seen before. The looming threat of a rogue virus that will be another game changer. Every once in a while these events take place and we are never the same. People are talking about a new normal. Dr....

You Are Invited

YOU are invited!! I should never have opened the door this morning. There was this faint knocking and then, there they were … Ronnie Regret, Alex Anxiety, Wendell Worry, Freddie Fear … all old companions. I’ve known them forever and they always show...

The Pats

I stayed up well beyond my bedtime last night to watch the Patriots play the Chiefs for the AFC conference final.  There are very few things that would keep me up that late.  My personal preference is to cut a big slice out of the front end of the day rather than the...

Canada Day & The Greasy Pole

The Greasy Pole I watched the Greasy Pole from the deck of our home this year.  Canada Day is a wonderful annual event on Grand Manan.  There are many family activities, and this is one of my personal favourites.  Young and older, brave the greased spar on a wooden...

You Don’t Understand

You can hold your sufferings up against the words of those who have not suffered equally, and discount them as uninformed, inexperienced prattle. But regardless of your pain, you can never discount the words of Christ similarly. None of us have intentionally laid...