Oh my, the garage again. The first incident saw the original canvas cover split from front to back along the top pole. Last time the whole frame took off and landed on my back steps. This time the new roof shredded.

The big tarp we bought to cover it simply did not have the strength for the job. The wind tore the roof apart. A good idea that didn’t work because it wasn’t made of the right stuff. Read more…

It’s raining today. That means that for my night shift my boots will gain weight (sticky Lambton clay). Maybe I’ll get stuck at that really muddy site (but thank God for 4-wheel drive!). Read more…

My duties at work have changed. For this contract I work mostly as mobile patrol. That means I drive as much as 330 km (that’s 205 miles for you non-metric folk) each shift. Now on my previous contracts of foot patrol I kept limber. But now, even though I get out of the truck many (many!) times each night, I don’t walk much at a time. And so Gramps gets cramps. Read more…

I have been in churches with choirs whose members sing about the love of God and the joy of the Lord. Except they look like they’ve eaten a bowl of chokecherries with lemon sauce.

We are a city set on a hill to proclaim the love of God. What do people see in you? Read more…

Humour can be a powerful teacher. Even God knows that! So Jesus used humour, quite a bit.

Look at the story Jesus told about sawdust and wooden beams. Read more…