Before we rush back …
Last week I went for a walk along the shoreline and was shocked by what I found! Where, just a week prior, a tall...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “WHEN PHILIA BECAME EROS”
I am displaying my rudimentary grasp of the Classical Greek language as an innovative introduction to the most tender love story I have ever...
UPDATE: NII Best Ever March Break Camp shifts to April
With the province’s announcement yesterday regarding March Break postponement, the Nuclear Innovation Institute (NII) has shifted its virtual 'Best Ever March Break Camp' to...
Unexpected delight – by Rev. Heather McCarrel
There are moments in life when the unexpected happens and we are taken by surprise. Such moments as a fender bender, spilled coffee, or...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “SHE’S JUST SHY”
Labelling of children starts early. Over the years, I have frequently heard a parent hastily explain a little one’s awkward reticence to speak when...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – When compassion replaces judgement
This past week has left me with a very heavy feeling, a sadness which could be linked to a Seasonal-Affective Disorder. “SAD” is a...
New Perspectives: A Season for Everything by Rev. Heather McCarrel
We have been enjoying a rather balmy January along these southern shores of Georgian Bay and along the sandier shores of Lake Huron. Balmy...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “THE EMPTY CHAIR”
Christmas dinner was being served as it always was---at a round, oak pedestal table in the spacious farm kitchen. Grandma and Gramps were beginning...
First annual Creative Writing Contest raises funds for local hospital
Following a trip to Europe, Luz-Maria Alvarez-Wilson and her husband, returned to Canada just as the COVID-19 pandemic began.
"I felt abundantly fortunate to be...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “JOY TO THE WORLD?”
When I was a boy, “Advent” meant small pieces of chocolate hidden in an elaborate, brightly-coloured cardboard calendar shaped like a house. For the...
Patching Joy Together One Stitch At A Time
JOY arrived in my office last week in a clear heavy plastic bag.
With it came a few instructions that were a delight to follow. ...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “HERE’S HOPING”
In the Christian calendar, churches around the world are today celebrating the initial Sunday of Advent. It is most fitting that the traditional theme...
Operation Christmas Child – shoeboxes are now in transit
In September, thousands of empty shoeboxes went out all over Bruce County as the annual Operation Christmas Child Shoebox campaign began. Two short months...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – ‘Time Will Tell’
These three little words 'Time will Tell' quickly became the big take-away headline from President Trump’s press briefing Friday, in the White House’s tranquil...
