A bowl of steaming soup on a cold winter day might be just what the doctor ordered. It appears grandmother was right when she claimed chicken noodle soup is a good remedy for colds and influenza.
It’s traditional at this time of the year to look back on the previous twelve months and to look ahead at the year to come.
I’m a keen CBC radio fan, and was listening to ‘Spark’, as Nora Young interviewed Ben Faulk who runs a design business called Rural Homesteading in Vermont USA.
It is time to bring this series on Rediscovering the Bible to a close. No doubt I will write more essays in the future on various biblical topics.
Well, 2013 is almost done and I feel the need to “reflect”. At the beginning of the year I was a new runner. I was probably running for 2 minutes and walking for 1 minute. Where have I gone since then?
Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) put the icing on the year of tax and fee hikes when it was granted a premium increase for many vehicles last week.
As I write this post, the national news is full of the ice/snow storm in eastern Canada – the effect of the storm on the power grid and mobility.
On Sunday morning someone sat down beside me in church and said, “Well, Barry, are you all done with your work now?”
What Christmas traditions are important to you? The Sunday School Christmas Program on Christmas Eve? The turkey dinner at the extended-family gathering?
Who is this Jesus, born in Bethlehem? Who is this one called Emmanuel? Who is this One that has captivated history even though so many distain him?
