Orangeville Citizen

DIPPING INTO THE PAST

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:05:19 +0000

125 YEARS AGO

Thursday, February 10, 1887

Has Science disproved Creation?

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:05:19 +0000

Some weeks back, folks at our church were asked for suggestions for sermon topics, things they would like us to speak about. I was asked to preach on what I found a somewhat strange subject: Has science disproved Christianity? Now, as if that hadn’t proved hard enough, I’ve been asked by a number of people to write on that subject again here. So…..

Having a vision

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:05:21 +0000

There is value in dreaming. There are plenty of people who deal in ‘reality’. “It can’t be done because … because … because ... . We mustn’t build windmills because too many birds get killed”.

The meat of the matter

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:05:22 +0000

Four decades ago Norman Borlaug, accepting the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on raising crop yields worldwide (the “green revolution”), said: “I have only bought you a forty-year breathing space to stabilize your population.”

Time to tackle gold-plated pensions

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:05:22 +0000

I t was Chicken Little, when something fell on his head, who went off screaming, “Oh, the sky is falling. I must go tell the king.”

A corroding, violent culture

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:05:23 +0000

That summer, 2004, on a fine summer’s day we – my older children and I – were visiting friends on their rural property in the highlands of Grey County.

Let’s make it a national holiday

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:05:23 +0000

There is an unwarranted cynicism about Valentine’s Day on the part of many people. One person I know said recently: “Oh, Valentines” – dismissively – “that’s only about Hallmark.”