My wife is very pregnant. There is something odd about that phrasing, isn’t there? “Ummmm, very pregnant? Either you are or you’re not.” Should the state of being pregnant really be quantified?
Just about any day now, my wife will give birth to our second child; the first was a boy, Caleb, and we’ve been told this one will be a girl. We are thankful to the Lord.
I said this is our second child but, it’s really our fourth. Continue Reading…
I must admit, I’ve not been a huge fan of poetry in my life. However, this past weekend I heard someone quote a poem that not only taught a valuable, moral lesson but it was also one of the most applicable and relevant presentation illustrations I have ever heard.
Image: chrisroll / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
One of the young men this past weekend presenting in the Expositional Preaching category at Central Ontario Regional Teens Involved, gave a message titled, “Follow.” It was very well done and one of the best things about it was the relevance of his main illustration, a poem called, “The Calf Path.” Continue Reading…
I am bothered by the growing use of profanity and vulgarity in our everyday surroundings. Are you?
Image: Danilo Rizzuti / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
The title of this post parallels the old technology axiom: “Garbage in, garbage out.” When I was a teenager, I remember hearing the following quote from a man I highly respected and held in great esteem and I’ve never forgotten it. I too have said it many times since: “Profanity is the weak attempt of a feeble mind to express itself in a forcible way.”
A simple enough statement but it carries profound weight. Continue Reading…
Yesterday morning while out running some vacation errands with my 2 1/2 year old, I noticed the sign in the picture below. I had just parked the car and was in a bit of a hurry to get in and out at the last stop on my list; nap-time was fast approaching (for The Boy, not me). However, I was immediately struck by the incongruence of the phrase on the sign; do you see it too?
Image: Charlie Lyons, www.charlielyons.ca
Upon returning home and getting The Boy down for his nap, I casually posted this picture on my Twitter feed and my Facebook profile wondering what comments, if any, would be made on it. Continue Reading…
