I had a great weekend. Mom, Dad, and I went over to Montreal to visit Aunt Beth and Grandma. Aunt Beth is back in the hospital undergoing the next step in her treatment. I’m really glad that I could finally go see her, and it was great to spend some more time with Grandma too. ...

I just returned from a weekend young people conference hosted by the Brockville URC. It was really good – I’m glad I went. At around three hours driving distance it was a bit of a hike but worth it. The speaker, Rev. Jeremy Veldman, gave three messages on “Running the Race” and really developed the ...

Normally I’d be at church right now but the good old Teal Squeal seems to have gone on vacation. Or at least the starter… So instead I’ll take this oportunity to let you know I am indeed safely back again in ON. We arrived after midnight, so about 00:40 this morning. The trip was heaps ...

On Tuesday the 24th I’m flying off into the sunset. Well, at least in that direction… I’m heading to BC for my little sister’s graduation. The grand finale of what, 6, 7 years of mental and emotional torture? OK, maybe that is exaggerating a bit, but  they were a challenging 3 years and my dear ...

He is risen. Yes, last Friday was Good Friday, followed closely by Easter Sunday. It was good to again focus on the monumental events that these days celebrate, events that shook all of history and haven’t diminished after two millenniums. It is traditional that after the Good Friday morning church service, those of the congregation ...

The time between Sunday services seems almost suspended. It feels good today. Last week found me pretty busy. There was lots to do at the office, as we’re off to a rocky start with the new contact management software we’ve switched to, plus we moved the phone system and some of the computers on Thursday. ...

It’s been a busy day, which makes the reheated blackberry pie and cold milk go down even better. It started early (for a Saturday, at least) when I went into the office to setup some stuff for the switch-over of our main contact management / scheduler program. I stayed late Friday night working on that ...

I thought it would be nice to have news items on here. After experimenting with 1&1’s easyRSS I decided to hand-code the news feature instead. easyRSS just wasn’t flexible enough for my liking. So there you have it!