Living a spiritual life challenges you every day, every moment of everyday. On the one hand it’s very exciting, but on the other, it means stop being so human and start being perfect. What? Read more…

Over the past three years three people have invited us to their “church”. All three meant well. But there are three problems. 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 remember being invited to dinner with a number of people. Afterwards one couple complained about their kids; it had been one of those days. The next day I found out that one of the other couples who desperately wanted children had suffered a miscarriage. Oops. Read more…