The Table

Good morning, Whenever I hop onto my bike or get into my car or use my wheelbarrow, I am grateful to whatever brilliant person decided the axle should go in the middle of the wheel. We had a kids wagon for a while that had a wheel with an off-centre axle…it is “no longer with […]

Hello community, In the biblical book of Luke (my personal favorite gospel), there is a short story with a rather imposing punch line. It is the story of Jesus and the little children, and the aformentioned line is “I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little […]

Thanksgiving: turkey, pumpkin pie, the pistachio pudding cake my aunt makes that’s to die for, hanging out with family, warm fuzzies of thankfulness. Entitlement: I buy the turkey, someone better bring whipped cream for the pumpkin pie, if that pistachio cake isn’t around I’ll lose it, my family better be good,warm fuzzies of entitlement. How […]

I have a general complaint about sitcoms. Full disclosure – I’m not much of a t.v. watcher, so maybe my credibility in this is lacking. However, my limited exposure to one of the most watched genres of television suggests to me that an overarching problem with comedy in general and situation comedy in particular is […]

You may or may not be aware that for a short period (some 45 minutes or so) way back in the late 1930s our planet was invaded by aliens from the planet Mars. These visitors arrived quickly and left even quicker, about as quick as a pause for station identification. Now, whether you believe this […]

Hello folks. I’m all of two weeks into this series on Reboots in the Bible, and I already find myself at the limits of my chosen metaphor. When I started to seriously consider what I wanted to take on this week, I found myself looking at a story that involved something more like a system […]

Hello Community, We are making the switch back to Sundays this weekend. Please arrive after 10 AM for coffee & we will start @10:30 AM. Our address is Gallary A- 318 Ross Ave in the Frame Are Warehouse … look for our signs! I own a PC. Every computer in our house is a PC. […]

Sometimes, throughout the series we’ve been in during the month of August, I have led in way that has offered some questions for conversation, we’ve enjoyed some dialogue, and then I’ve offered some thoughts of my own or some reflection on that evenings subject. This week I want to do something different. We will be […]

I remember several years ago, when the U.S. was experiencing an increasing number of rolling brown outs and black outs including some of extended periods in areas with massive population, that Time magazine featured the issue as a cover story. In one of the main articles in that issue, the author talked about an interesting […]

In the flyleaf of “The Problem of Pain”, C.S. Lewis offers this quote: “The Son of God suffered unto death, not that men might not suffer, but that their suffering might be like HIs.” (George Macdonald, Upsoken Sermons, First Series) This week, the Sunset Dialogues take us into the question of suffering and human destiny, […]