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When Elaine and I left Moncton years ago, there was all the normal hoopla. There were those saying their good bye’s who wished us well and others who were likely happy to see us go. It was hard to say good bye to the former but we were also happy to say so long...

Regal Terminality

2 Kings 22:1 As I read through the accounts of the various kings, it occurs to me that kingship was a death sentence. Very few died of natural causes, at an old age. Josiah, a king who is remembered for the good that he did, met his untimely demise at the hands of...

Bad Math

Reflections on 2 Kings 13:7 ” … Jehoahaz’s army was reduced to 50 charioteers, 10 chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers.” Let’s see … ten thousand foot soldiers … plus ten chariots … plus … fifty charioteers equals …...

Oblivious

One of my personal cures for the pastoral blues was to visit the hospital.  I always came away feeling better.  Sometimes it was simply walking in and out and feeling “well” physically. Other times it was sitting with someone who had graciously accepted...

Chasing Cars

I can vividly remember cruising through our neighborhood in the ’58’ Chevy pick-up that my Dad purchased.  It was our “new” truck. The only thing that it had going for it, in my mind, was that it was awful green instead of awful rusty.  Dad threatened to strip the...