New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – a respite
For many readers who look forward to our columns by Rev. Bob Johnston ( New
Perspectives: A Senior Moment) and his Historical Society columns that...
New Year’s Eve becoming a family affair
New Year's eve is becoming more of a family affair with local arenas offering sponsored free family skating time.
Skaters of all ages took to...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “It’s not even Sunday!”
On December 24th, almost every church in my little town will hold an evening service---and it’s not even Sunday. What draws the faithful back...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “Hope”
I was on my way to church; clerical collar in place around my neck and a prepared sermon in my head. After backing the...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – ‘This is Us?”
“THIS IS US?”
I know those soggy maple leaves, no longer hidden by snow, remain un-raked. I confess the wind-scattered lawn furniture has not yet...
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 – “GIVING THANKS”
“The tongue has the power of life and death.” (Proverbs 18:21)
This powerful statement from the Hebrew Bible has a special relevance as we celebrate...
Music for Hearing, Healing and Hope supports Chaplaincy program
It was Music for Hearing, Healing and Hope ... it was a musical fundraiser in support of the Grey Bruce Healthcare Chaplaincy Council.
Held on...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “WHO WAS ILA BLANCHARD?”
Exactly one hundred years ago, a young woman entered Form 4 at Parkdale Collegiate Institute in Toronto. Her name was Ila Blanchard and I...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – ‘Come from Away’
Admittedly, it does sound like I missed the point by flying to Newfoundland/Labrador on five separate occasions, yet failing to visit a quaint fishing...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “Bad Guys”
Criminals have been much in the headlines this month. A week ago, the body of convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, was found hanged in...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “OUR MOST VULNERABLE”
The true measure of any society can be found
In how it treats its most vulnerable members-----Gandhi
More than 75,000 frail, elderly Ontarians are cared for...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – The Child Whisperer
The little boy’s plaintive wailing grew louder and louder. Until then, It had been a perfect July weekend at the family’s old cottage: the...
New Perspectives : A Senior Moment – “THE LAST HAYRAH”
Could an old man really replay a long ago wrestling match with a bale of hay? It had been 35 years since I last...
