Prairie Pride

A family from one of the US congregations of our church has been in France for two years now, engaging in what I would call pathfinder mission work. By that I mean they are travelling all over France to see if there are people with a hunger for the gospel and Christian fellowship, and to … Continue reading Prairie Pride

AI = Appearance of Intelligence

Ever since computers began to be used, people have speculated that one day a computer would be created that could outthink a human. The release of the ChatGPT app a few months ago seemed to indicate we are on the verge of that becoming reality. It will answer any question you ask it, in clear … Continue reading AI = Appearance of Intelligence

Fraudulent calls from the Service Canada legal department

If you live in Canada, you need no explanation of that headline. We get those calls several times a week, up to three times in one day. The call display on our phone shows a different number each time, often what appears to be a local number. When we answer, we hear a message that … Continue reading Fraudulent calls from the Service Canada legal department

Going paperless

In school we learned poems about log drives in Quebec. Loggers worked all winter in the forests and in the spring the logs were floated down the rivers to the paper mills. That is history, nothing but folklore anymore. There are still lumber mills; there are mills producing tissue paper, computer paper, glossy magazine paper, … Continue reading Going paperless

Love, motherhood, joy

Anne Cloutier has a doctorate in socialogy, but chose to be a stay at home mom to her three children. She has recently published a book about her choice, entitled Aimer, Materner, Jubiler. The title of this post is a rough translation of the book title. Anne Cloutier is not an all-out anti-feminist, but in … Continue reading Love, motherhood, joy