Gleanings from the mind of a Christian and Lawyer
Stephen Harper was right when he mused about finding the lost ship of Sir John Franklin in Canada’s arctic, two weeks to the day before it was found. Stephen Harper was right to offer the first official apology to Canada’s aboriginal peoples and … [Continue reading]
A few short years ago mine was among the voices calling for a national inquiry into Canada’s missing and murdered aboriginal women. There was a pressing need for statistical and anecdotal evidence to be gathered which would paint the picture of what … [Continue reading]
“It takes a village to raise a child” is a statement often heard and rarely attributed (it’s thought to be an African proverb). For me, as a child in a family of origin separated by divorce, the concept gave people on my home street and my summer … [Continue reading]
A friend suggested I share this list of gratefulness as a blog. So here, minimally modified, is my response to the facebook gratefulness challenge. I was nominated by a friend to share in the gratefulness challenge for five days, posting three … [Continue reading]
“When you come to a fork in the road, take it!” Yogi Berra was more than a Hall of Fame baseball player and manager. He salted the English speaking world’s dictoms with a unique wisdom. How many decisions do we make each day, beginning with … [Continue reading]