Monthly Archives: January 2008

We had beautiful Advent and Christmas worship services. Both churches held pageants and St. James held a 7:00 a.m. candlelight Christmas morning service. It was amazing to enter the church with only candlelight for illumination and then gradually to have … Continue reading →

I know I’ve had this photo of wild turkeys up for quite a while without a post. These photos are not my own, but from friends in the Parish. I’m desperate to get to see these turkeys for myself. There … Continue reading →

So the story continues … Yesterday Pastor Sheilah & I were at the Owen Sound hospital for a pastoral care training session. There were about 40 people in attendance. The trainer explained that we would be breaking into groups of … Continue reading →

I can’t take credit for this observation – it’s completely Pastor Sheilah’s “insight” ……. we were parking in the Owen Sound hospital’s parking lot today (and if you can believe the insanity – they were parking three cars deep!! …… … Continue reading →

I have been on a rant ever since we “crossed over” into Ontario. We stopped at every Tim Horton’s across the province and no matter where we went … people backed into parking spots. I’m not talking about driving all … Continue reading →

I arrived home at midnight on Christmas Day. We had our gift opening and meal on Boxing Day. Click here to see photos of Doug, Rhett & Leah, Emily and myself ripping into our gifts. On the 29th we had … Continue reading →

Below is the sermon that I preached on Sunday, December 30th at my home congregation – Christ Lutheran, Regina. The sermon is based on the gospel text for that Sunday: Matthew 2:13-23. At my Christmas morning service in Ontario we … Continue reading →

2007 has been a difficult year for our family as all three of our long-time pets have died. Stormy, the black-white-orange calico cat was the first to die this past spring. Stormy became very attached to Rhett over the years. … Continue reading →