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Have you ever counted up everything in your life? I mean, everything you possess, everyone you know, every memory. It is an interesting exercise and one, I think, that each of us should perform ever so often. It is a bit like counting your blessings, only more so. More ... Acentury ago European aristocrats living on inherited and industrial wealth and North American 'robber barons' enriched by railroads and oil were enjoying the life of la belle époque. Their wealth and extravagance were expressed in multiple residences, jewels, designer clothing, cruising in luxury vessels and on personal yachts. They were the first socalled "beautiful people". More ... Last week, to honor Black History Month, secretary of state Jason Kenney wrote a newspaper column asking Canadians to recognize the "heroic campaign" by anti-slave activist British MP William Wilberforce in convincing Britain to outlaw the African slave trade in the British Empire 200 years ago this month. More ... Ontario politicians have been trying to dissociate themselves from organized religion for years and they are now being asked to give it a presence right under their noses. More ... I'm leaving on vacation tomorrow, so we all know what that means. Something went horribly wrong yesterday. The furnace died. It made an odd buzzing sound every couple of seconds, but it would not produce anything resembling warmth. A friend of mine says the same thing about his ex-wife. More ... It's early yet and the sparse numbers at this social haven't reached a critical mass where people step out of their inhibitions to chat, munch, and dance. But I see two people whom I know come from opposite ends of the continent, who've never met, and yet are snuggling and reminiscing as if they've shared a common experience, like having dined at the same table of delight. More ... 100 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 7, 1907 + A Fergus dispatch of Monday says: While a train of empty flat cars was backing down the G.T.R. spur which runs through the middle of town today, one of the cars left the rails on account of the ice, and ran into a stone house alongside the track, knocking in the wall. More ... This is the time of the year the body of Christ rejoices over what our King, the Lord Jesus, did for us over 2000 years ago by dying on the cross for our sins and rising again on the third day which gives us hope. As we die to self, we are resurrected with Christ, which is our hope in glory. With our sins paid for, our lives and relationship have been restored with Father God. More ... |
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