In Canada, Martin Luther King Day is all but ignored. Oh, it is mentioned on talk radio and on the news; but it is rarely forefront in our collective consciousness because it is, after all, a U.S. holiday. With it falling on a Sunday this year, yesterday I barely noticed it, being wrapped up in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Charity’
That’s right, seven days from now I will be on the road riding my Trek 7100 bicycle from Toronto to Niagara Falls. Well, actually, from the C.N.E. grounds to Mohawk College the first day, then off to Table Rock Park in Niagara on Sunday. Nevertheless, there’s only a week to go and the excitement is [...]
Sometimes God’s Children Should Be Seen and Not Heard
Posted: January 15, 2010 in Current Events, SpiritualityTags: Charity, Religion, Seen and Not Heard
“It never ceases to amaze me that in times of amazing human suffering somebody says something that can be so utterly stupid.“ Such was the response of White House spokesman Robert Gibbs to the declaration by ’700 Club ‘ and ‘CBN’ founder Pat Robertson that the earthquake in Haiti was another in a long line [...]
I’d like to invite you all to one of my favourite events of the year. Every year about this time The Royal City Ambassadors put on their annual charity show. The Ambassadors are a men’s chorus and quartet organization that promotes the performance and enjoyment four-part a cappella harmony. The natural, un-encumbered music of the [...]
Once back out on the road we ran into a little light rain. The skies looked fairly dark in the south-east, but the predicted storms didn’t materialize. The rain stopped after about 30 minutes and then it was fairly smooth riding. The next Pit Stop was held in the driving yard of Parkside Farms. I [...]
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