Archive for June, 2009

What was Farrah?

There is a lot of talk about Michael Jackson’s untimely death that the news seems to forget (though it is hard to overlook the one for the other) that another major star died tragically at the age of 62.
But, what was Farrah?
Was she a sex symbol?  A serious actress (she portrayed marvelously a character in [...]

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This Iran Thing is Bugging Me

I don’t know about you, but I am horrifed about what I hear and ’see’ taking place over in Iran following the outcome of the latest election.
There is so much about their culture and so on that is unfamiliar to me that I must confess there is quite a bit of ignorance on my part [...]

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Where do you live?

Well that depends on what is meant by the question.
For some the answer is in ‘God’s great world.’  For others, ‘on a rotating ball that came about by accident.’  Still others would reply ‘in Canada.’  Some, ‘Ontario’.  Others ‘Windsor’ and finally a four year old might say ‘in my house.’
Really many people are living in [...]

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Why Has Closeness Become Scary?

Have you ever looked at someone and concluded that they were scared of commitment?
A more accurate description however is that the person is actually scared of intimacy.  There have been countless of individuals who have enjoyed the dating stage only to grow more and more uncomfortable once the dating becomes more serious.  Why?  The closer [...]

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A Father was First a Son

Today is the greatest day of the year!
That is how I have begun the last 11 father’s day sermons that I have preached for the West Side Church of Christ here in Windsor.  The first one went over well and the next 10 (including tomorrow) have been met with a ‘yeah, yeah, we’ve heard it [...]

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Art Galleries, End of School & Midieval feasts

Oh, the end of the year for our school goers.  Today was just one of those days.  I was supposed to have a half-day to myself completely and then rush to school to share in my grade 4’s midieval feast.  My wife went with her class on the field trip to see the midieval times [...]

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Is Commitment Worth It?

Why are so many of us sucked into the idea that a life that is free of all responsibility is the best kind of life?
We want a job that pays a lot of money but not have to responsibility of working hard or in difficult circumstances.  We want the joys of having children without the [...]

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Getting Ready for a Big Day

Track time is upon us and the girls are getting excited and a bit nervous.
We try our best to cheer for them but not make the worry too much about winning or placing.
We have been witness (and continue to be) to parents who feel somehow that their entire self-esteem is based on how well their [...]

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