A Senior Moment: ‘The Other’
Along with several grade two classmates, I would eagerly escape our public elementary school promptly at 3:30.
Once off the property on one particular afternoon,...
A Senior Moment: ‘The Other Kennedy’
June 5th will mark the 50th anniversary of the violent death of Bobby Kennedy, a presidential candidate felled by Sirhan Sirhan’s bullet at the...
A Senior Moment: ‘Who Am I?’
Earlier this month I found myself back in high school. It was just after Mental Health Week in Ontario and I had been invited...
A Senior Moment: ‘A Perfect Gift’
It’s not that I never appreciated having breakfast in bed on Father’s Day. Other years, I happily accepted those carefully chosen ties or socks....
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment -‘Going, Going, Gone’
In the midst of local controversy in my town over the pending demolition of a former Anglican Church rectory, I was saddened to hear...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “STATESMEN OR POLITICIANS?”
“Ask not what you can do for your country;
ask what your country can do for you.”
This twisting of John F. Kennedy’s most powerful sentence...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “COMING OUT”
After weeks of struggling with self-doubts and fears, two days ago I finally decided to come out. Coming out was not an easy decision....
Christmas Child Shoebox campaign underway
This year’s Christmas Child Shoebox Program kicked off in September with thousands of empty shoeboxes delivered throughout Southern Bruce County to be filled with...
New Perspectives: Take 5 with Dar – Desert Pete
This is a story that illustrates that sometimes, after all the calculations and evaluations about a situation, we just simply have to take a...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “THE OTHER C-WORD”
Understandably over these past many months, family talk has been mostly about the “C-word,” Covid-19. Yet, cancer, that other “C-word,” continues to do its...
Tools of the Trade
As a rural minister, I have taken to carrying certain items in my little Subaru that otherwise I would not. Thanks to Mary Beth...
New Perspectives: Notes of Humility by Rev. Heather McCarrel
There is a new rule in our house; no news after 7:00 p.m.!
The last time I watched the 11:00 p.m. news I didn’t sleep...
New Perspectives: Take 5 with Dar – Episode 7 – My Friend Ginny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX8CD6lCbP0
Episode 6 Episode 5 Episode 4 Episode 3 Episode 2 Episode 1 – Introduction
Acts of Kindness: Making a Difference to a traveller
As many may have read, we think it 'time' (no pun intended) to bring more positive, civil and friendly experiences to light.
We thank our...
