Russian Communism always had a throng of loyal and vocal supporters in the Western World. These were progressively minded people who endorsed the social experiment being carried out in Russia and who were blind to the brutality of the regime and the fact that conditions were not improving for the common man. They wanted so … Continue reading Useful idiots
Prejudice + Poverty ≠ Hopelessness
Some years ago I read an article in Ebony magazine written by a man who had grown up in one of the worst black tenement ghettos in Chicago.Drug dealing, crime and violence were the everyday reality and the police felt the area was too dangerous to send in individual officers to patrol. Like almost all … Continue reading Prejudice + Poverty ≠ Hopelessness
Miserable comforters are ye all
“I have been hurt more by Christians than by non-believers.” This was said, not so much as a complaint but as a simple statement of fact, by a friend with whom my wife and I were visiting the other day. This lady has many heartaches and struggles in her past and I don't doubt her … Continue reading Miserable comforters are ye all
Big Mistake at McDo
This is a departure from the type of article that I normally post, but I was amused by this account of a crime gone wonderfully wrong. Yesterday (Sunday) evening around 8:30 two young men entered a McDo in Besançon, France. One was armed with a shotgun and fired a load of buckshot toward the ceiling … Continue reading Big Mistake at McDo
Birdhouse battle update
I want to report a victory in our battle with the invasive sparrows (see May 14 post). My wife opened up the birdhouse on our garage two more times and each time found and removed a nest the sparrows were building. They finally got the message and gave up. The swallows happily returned to build … Continue reading Birdhouse battle update
Travelling home
It was pouring rain, with low-hanging clouds, when our friends drove us to the Vancouver Airport. Our holiday was over, we'd visited family and friends we hadn't seen for years, and now we were on our way home to Montréal. Eventually we were seated in our plane at the beginning of the runway. The jet … Continue reading Travelling home
Physician assisted suicide
Bravo Kevin! It's good to hear from you again, and it is especially good to hear a voice of sanity and compassion on this subject.
Who is our Lord?
We are told in 1 Kings chapter 17 that the people of Samaria "feared the LORD, and served their own gods." In reading the whole account, we find that the people understood that they needed to reverence Yahweh to save their lives from the lions. But when it came to the mundane affairs of life, … Continue reading Who is our Lord?
Pulpit Hero.
I'm not a pastor, but I'm afraid that as a layman I have just as much of a tendency to want to appear like I've got it all together, that I have the answers, and why can't everybody else just smarten up and do like I do. Deep down I know that doesn't work. I … Continue reading Pulpit Hero.
What makes a church attractive?
Church attendance across Canada has been declining for years. Yes, there are new churches being built, some quite large. Many more are being torn down, or re-purposed. I suspect the majority of the people in our country have never set foot in a church. Nowadays, most weddings and funerals do not take place in a … Continue reading What makes a church attractive?
Flatlander Faith 