Parliament Hill

It was a delight to share with The Canadian Staff Songsters a visit to the home of Canadian democracy, our parliament buildings. Here where our government leaders including Her Majesty’s Loyal Oppostion, govern our land we stopped and prayed that they might have wisdom and be used for justice and peace.  After a warm and…

Return to Ottawa

Wendy and I left Ottawa, with two teenage boys in 2000. This weekend we are returning along with the Canadian Staff Songsters. Wendy is the Executive Officer but this weekend I get to tag along. The intention of the group is to sing the Gospel and to model how a good songsters group supports The…

Hospitals are malls

Since my Dad was diagnosed with colon cancer in the late 1990’s ( I can’t remember the year anymore) I have been having a colonoscopy every five years. Yesterday was the latest. My goodness, that’s an unpleasant process for a 15-minute procedure that I can’t remember. The timing on this one was such that it…