We don’t carry Rob Bell’s books anymore

On Saturday Phil called – apparently he had gone into Parables (Red Deer) and asked for a Rob Bell book.  The clerk told him they didn’t carry his books anymore since he (Rob Bell) didn’t believe in Hell.  I wonder, do they read and agree with every author that they carry?  I doubt it.  I…

Arthur Edward at 81

Today would have been Dad’s 81st birthday – hard to believe!  Memory is a wonderful thing and I remember us racing down the back alley in St. John New Brunswick.  I would have been about 5 years old and I challenged by Dad, who would have been 31 or so, to a foot race.  …

Family thoughts for October 20

Jason makes the Listowel Banner – again Listowel Ontario holds a specials spot in the heart of our family.  It’s the town where Wendy and I began our ministry, it’s the town where Jason and Philip were born and it’s where Rachel lives with her parents!  Jason and Susan live there and are settling in…