Forgiving and Forgetting Religion has long been at the forefront of preaching the concept of broad-stroked forgiveness. Some of my youth was begrudgingly spent listening to sermons in church about the importance and “necessity” of forgiving. “We must forgive.” No matter who has wronged us and what they have done. Christianity constantly talks about how […]
I could not think of a worse way to spend Sunday morning as a kid then to be taken to school. The pending dreadful Monday morning would close in even quicker. When I was a regular attendee of “classes” in the old church basement, I went along with the charade. Monday to Friday school was […]
It was usually happening on Sundays. The phone would ring, I would see the number and prepare to settle in for a slightly long conversation. It would be only slightly long if for some reason I might feel it was going on too long. “Hello! How are You?” Over the last few months of his […]
Time has a way of making the acceptance of “Reality” much easier. During one of the last conversations I had with my late Grandmother, she asked me a loaded question with an easy answer. “Are you abandoning your faith?” To which I promptly responded; “My faith has abandoned me.” My Grandmother was a […]
We shall remember. We should also not take for granted. It is Remembrance Day in Canada. We take time to remember those who have put their lives on the line for us every single day. We also salute the people who continue to put themselves on the front lines in the efforts to defend freedoms […]
Dann Alexander 