DR: My dad once said in a sermon, I’m very much the 50/50 perfect mix of my dad and mum. My dad said, “I make things happen, Fran [Daniel’s mother] makes them beautiful.” I always felt between the two of them I absorbed a lot of that: my dad was such a leader in the...
“I am under pretty heavy bonds to tell the truth, and only the truth; for those who look back to the newspaper correspondence of that period will see that this particular regiment lived for months in the glare of publicity, such as tests any regiment severely, and certainly prevents all s...
In her email she included a link to a sermon by Eric Ludy, of Ellerslie. Eric is a humble and no-nonsense firebrand of a preacher who convicts and encourages with great power and passion. I told Mary I wasn’t sure I should watch the sermon. I wasn’t sure God would have me do ...
I am country enough to know that real logging operations can be costly and very very unforgiving. The guy you meet with no hand or with missing digits… he didn’t get that by picking his teeth. He likely made a mistake or was the victim of a terrible accident. Most accidents equal so...
Just sing a few lousy songs every Sunday and quote four or five Bible verses, maybe preach the same sermon against dishonesty and cheating and theft every week. And there you go.) It’s all perfectly legal. You didn’t know our laws worked like that, did you? Nifty, huh? I could ...
Christ washed the apostles’ feet, not thus cast shame Upon the God-like in him. Woman lives Man’s constant prophet. If her life be true And based upon the instincts of her being, She is a living sermon of that truth Which ever through her gentle actions speaks, That life is gi...
‘It is mine;Iplanted and sowed and worked it, and I am ready to reap the fruit.’‘If thou be wise thou shalt be wise for thyself, if thou scornest thou alone shalt bear it.’ Take care of the storehouses of memory and of conscience, and mind what kind of things you lay up ...
Mother’s Day and my birthday both land in May. Over the past few years, I have found that I am often left feeling a bit disappointed on both occasions. I found myself really battling these feelings, believing it was super selfish. I would literally fight this “edge” in my mood all...
This is precisely Jesus' and Paul's teaching, to cite but two texts: Matthew 5:43-45; 7:21-24 (The Sermon on the Mount): "You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that...
“I ought to call myself an agnostic; but, for all practical purposes, I am an atheist. I do not think the existence of the Christian God any more probable than the existence of the Gods of Olympus or Valhalla. To take another illustration: nobody can prove that there is *not* betwee...