The Saturday Edition of the Winnipeg Fress Press glowed…”Spend, Spend, Spend.” Here is the article (edited a bit by moi) “VISA Canada spokeswoman Tania Freedman said the credit card company predicted 300 VISA transactions would take place every second between 2 and 4 p.m. Friday across Canada. Managers of Winnipeg’s two largest malls endorsed that [...] Read more »

So, I think this image says it all!I had a crash last Friday and I am still in the process of getting the thing fixed….I hate computers….but I love them too.So, I really don’t have anything deep to say other than my post about coffee is really amazing! I mean the responses are…I never for [...] Read more »

This was sent to me and is too good not to share with you all! A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned [...] Read more »

Last week I talked about John 19 and the death of Jesus. Here a medical doctor provides a physical description: The cross is placed on the ground and the exhausted man is quickly thrown backwards with his shoulders against the wood. The legionnaire feels for the depression at the front of the wrist. He drives [...] Read more »

EVA MURIEL (BLANK) SCHWAB was born in Morden MB on May 19, 1907. She was the third oldest in a family of nine children. Now think about that for a moment. Imagine all the history that she has lived through. I had the opportunity and privilege to share many lunches and scrabble games with this [...] Read more »

‘What is God like?’ is the most important question you can ask, because your understanding of God has everything to do with your understanding of self. It is a matter of identity. It all comes down to one thing. Here it is: Psalm 100:3. Know that the Lord is God. It is He who made [...] Read more »

This last Sunday we dealt with the topic of fear and anger and I have received some very interesting responses from people. So I ask you out there in cyber space…What are you afraid of? How do you deal with fear? What difference does faith make? For me, one fear I had was vampires. When [...] Read more »

Ok, a few weeks ago The Who came to town and I had the opportunity to go and hear them. (Thank you Mr. B!!!!!) What a great experience! There was Roger Daltrey on lead vocals…and of course Pete Townshend on guitar, not too mention John “Rabbit” Bundrick on keys and piano. Then there was Ringo [...] Read more »

The Roman Catholic Church invented pews during the Middle Ages, right before the Protestant Reformation. Since the Protestant Reformation was essentially a Christian education movement with very long sermons, the Protestants kept the pews even though they rejected just about everything else they regarded as a ‘Roman invention.’ As a result, sitting has become the [...] Read more »

A Prayer for Connectedness, Community and Friendship Because all creation is the work of GOD all creation is connected. What I find comforting that it was GOD who said that it is ‘not good’ for man to be alone. That reassures me that no matter where I am or how I feel that there are [...] Read more »

Standing with hands clasped at the waist, head bowed, and eyes averted or closed. This is the traditional posture of a shackled prisoner of war who is brought before the conquering king. The hands are clasped at the waist as if they were shackled in chains. The eyes are averted—in ancient times, since looking directly [...] Read more »

Kneeling is the third posture; either with the head up, eyes open, hands open, or with head down, eyes closed, and hands clasped. This is the traditional posture for requesting favors from a king, and so it became the traditional posture for prayers of repentance or supplication. The position itself is strengthened by the imagery [...] Read more »

Sorry for not being to post regularly. Unfortunately, I just don’t have the time and so please be patient. So I would like to continue with the prayer postures and today look at the raising of hands. People singing, raising hands, kneeling, clapping, or even weeping during the music can be new to some, especially [...] Read more »

” If you wish to live in peace and harmony with others, you must learn to discipline yourself in many ways.” Thomas a Kempis When it comes to prayer and worship, bodily posture makes no difference at all. You can pray anywhere, any time, and in any position. In another sense, posture is of utmost [...] Read more »

Thanks for all the emails, prayers and support to our family during the loss of mom Hintz. As a family we took some time away and just decided to totally unplug. This surprised me personally, in that I did not want to even open my lap top to study. I can actually say that I [...] Read more »