In 1954 there weren’t enough students to justify keeping Milton School open and I was bussed to Limerick for my grade three year. For six weeks I took the bus to Limerick. I was a bit of a runt and got picked on a bit on the bus. For about a week, the bus didn’t […]
October 18, 1946 wasn’t a day remembered for its momentous events. History books show that on that date the Congress of Bamako opened as 800 delegates from around French West Africa assembled to establish a unified movement for creating nations independent of colonial France. Rassemblement Démocratique Africain was founded at the conference as the first […]
I recently watched a very touching movie. It was the 2005 film Joyeux Noel, the story of the informal ceasefire between the French, Scottish and German troops Christmas Eve of 1914. It started when the German troops began putting candles on Christmas trees and setting them outside the trenches. A Scottish soldier began to play […]
You’ve heard them. More cliches than you want to think about. “We have to think outside the box”. “We’re pushing the edge of the envelope”. “Fail to plan and you plan to fail”. I want to dust off another cliche – it’s time for a paradigm shift. It makes me uncomfortable to even see it […]
How do you know you are old? I heard someone say that you know you are old when your body starts making the same sounds as your coffee maker. Well, that never happened to me, but in October of 2021 I turned 75 and I realized that I might be old. As I looked at […]
I have been so grateful that I have been allowed to fill the role of Pastor to Seniors at Cornerstone Church. It seems to have been an assignment ideally suited to my gifts and passions. It allowed me to focus on areas that brought me enjoyment and fulfillment. As I passed my 70th birthday I […]
When I joined the Canadian Bible Society in 2002 it was with the feeling that I would never return to pastoral ministry. I felt wounded and wasn’t sure I would ever again be able to minister in a local church. But around 2010 some changes began to take place in my heart – I felt […]
After 10 years in Taiwan, Jeff and Becky returned to Canada with their two daughters. One year for Christmas I had a couple T-shirts made for the girls. On each I had a picture of one of the girls with the caption “Made in Taiwan with Canadian parts.” While in Taiwan Jeff earned a Master’s […]
December 25, 2001, marked the beginning of a new chapter in our lives. After graduating from the University of Calgary with a Bachelor’s degree in political science, our oldest son Jeff moved to Taiwan. He’d been unable to find work in Alberta with his degree and a friend from university suggested that he move to […]
On May 14, 1948, David Ben Gurion, head of the World Zionist Organization made the declaration of the establishment of the independent state of Israel. Jews from all the world began to crowd into this little nation that would almost have fit between Saskatoon and Regina. The coffers of this new nation were empty, and […]