Our language, in many instances, is very imprecise. I’m retired. So are most of my friends and acquaintances. We use the word to mean

              In the news yesterday there was a story of a Ugandan female Olympian runner being killed by her ex-boyfriend. He had doused her with

History shows us that the main threat to democracy comes from within. Things start great. Then people become increasingly complacent. The rich, over time, take

Every Sunday there’s a tug-of-war within me. I was born and raised ‘in church’, was the youngest elder in United Church of Canada history, attended

I don’t know about you, but it’s harder to be positive these days. On top of what’s going on around me, my book, “And Jesus

You may think you know the Jesus story. No doubt you’ve heard many parts of it, from many different sources. I’m not talking here about

149     October 17, 2023               You live in a crowded wasteland. It’s so dry that you can’t grow a garden without extra water, if you can

October 20, 2023               For four years I’ve taught a ten-week course at the Seniors’ Center titled How We Got the Bible. It’s been a great way

149                 Oct. 17, 2023               You live in a crowded wasteland. It’s so dry that you can’t grow a garden without extra water, if you

150  (Oct 22, 2023)                                There’s a story in today’s paper about an Israeli grandmother who’s being hailed as a hero for fooling the Hamas