Psalm 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd; I have everything that I need. We meditated on this Psalm at the beginning of our meeting tonight – a few people, the church council with work to be done. By halfway through the meeting, I think I had forgotten already. The problem of getting [...]
Entries from August 2006
August 29, 2006
The end of a busy day
Tonight I rode home from work. The 5 minute bike ride is hardly a big physical effort but it is better than nothing. I like the ride, especially the part on the river bank. The geese, ducks and gulls are gathering. a sure sign that the seasons are changing. leaves are also starting to fall [...]
August 27, 2006
Watching love work
We said goodbye to a friend last night. We won’t see him in his home again and we will miss him, especially when we go out there to visit. He loved his home by the lake with the garden all around, the hummingbirds hovering around the feeders, lots of birds and squirrels outside the window, [...]
August 25, 2006
Departures and homecomings
The words of Henri Nouwen in todays meditation seem very appropriate for these days of pending loss of a dear friend from cancer, children moving away for work and school, children just trying out their limits. Every time we make the decision to love someone, we open ourselves to great suffering, because those we most [...]
August 19, 2006
A male multitasker?
Tonight driving home from dinner out, we passed a young man walking along the road. We all looked at him and then looked a second time. His ears were plugged into an MP3 player or discman and as he walked he was not looking at the road at all. He was reading a book. I [...]
August 17, 2006
I did it!
I have been toying with starting a new adventure. In the Spring I attended a music event, actually a dance performance by a local group. As part of the evening they also featured several musicians, obviously not higly experienced, but pretty good. One of the musicians is a patient of mine so I commented on [...]
August 15, 2006
Please – Just two more weeks off?
My vacation is about finished. Tomorrow it is back to work. This morning I dragged myself out of bed at about 8:30. That is very late for me and if I do that tomorrow, I will miss about two patients. I was a patient myself again today and so I had a look at the [...]
August 13, 2006
Wandering Around Saskatchewan
I returned from my vacation in Alberta and this morning I drove Leo down to Saskatoon to catch a flight to Toronto. We did not actually get tired of each other but that is just how our life goes – lots of travel for Leo. This time he is off to a conference on AIDS. [...]
August 10, 2006
This isn't so much about books…
as it is about my weakness for collecting and reading them. Today I was determined to find a Canadian Tire store to make a necessary outdoors type purchase. I found the store but goodness, you would think that we were already waiting for out first snowfall by the stuff they are putting on the shelves! [...]
August 9, 2006
Vacationing Along
This is wonderful. It is 1 pm and I am sitting here after a leisurely morning. Quiet time with God happens early for me but that doesn’t mean I have to get out of bed! Not while I am on holidays and a guest in my sister’s home. After all, I wouldn’t want to wake [...]
