“Are you getting any good shots?” Often I have been asked this question. The fact that I have a big, badass looking camera dangling over my shoulder is usually the reason. Nowadays in a world of cellphone photographers, I stick out like a sore thumb. That is fine with me. Yeah, you can take a […]
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‘My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man, I’m just a living legacy to the leader of the band’ Dan Fogelberg (August 13th, 1951 – December 16th 2007) I think these words summarize what we are attempting to do as Christians. We really are just poor attempts to imitate the man, our
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“Pie Iesu Domine, dona eis requiem” meaning ‘Holy Jesus, Lord, Grant them rest’ is a line out of a 13th century Latin hymn probably sang by monks as the carried out their daily rituals. The first time I became aware of it was during the viewing of the outrageously funny British comedy ‘Monty Python and
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There is an expression, Damned if you do and damned if you don’t. Basically meaning you are in between a rock and a hard place. Finding the middle ground is tough. How can you have it both ways? Is it right to tell the truth or skirt the issue. It is said that honesty is
There is an old saying about pointing your finger at someone, and that is the remaining three point back at you. There is A LOT of truth in that one. Unless a person learns to examine themselves soberly before first accusing and condemning others, they run the danger of condemning themselves. I learnt a lot
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Several days ago I met a man on the street who I really feel I hit it off with. I found him to be funny, sincere, gregarious, and just a tad irreverent. In other words, my kind of guy. We spoke of many things, but most importantly, we spoke of God and the Lord Jesus
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There is a hospital that is in our midst, but not everyone can see it. It is not made of ‘Brick and Mortar’ as most hospitals are, but it still exists nonetheless. The patients are ‘scattered about’, often wandering aimlessly, hoping that one day hospital staff will appear and tend to the needs of the
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It seems lately that I’ve been bumping into some interesting situations out in the streets of St. Catharines Ontario. One evening recently, while taking a photo of a lady after sharing some pizza with her, a man who I’ve always had relatively civil conversations with suddenly demanded that I cease what I was doing, and
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