Monthly Archives: December 2006
Thoughts on an execution
It is hard to figure out why I should feel sorrow over the execution of a foreign leader who I personally had no interaction with. In fact no one I know has had any kind of personal interaction with him … Continue reading
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Seeing God in the "commonness" of the day.
“It is not God we’re missing. It is the awareness of God in the commonness of life that we fail to cultivate.” Called to Question by Joan Chittister p 40,41 Journaling the events of the day and paying attention … Continue reading
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St. Theresa of Avila on Prayer
In her book Interior Castle, Teresa of Avila describes various stages in the prayer life of a person who is seeking God. As her life of prayer develops; as she comes closer to the state of union with God, nothing … Continue reading
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Day one of vacation
Today is the first of a few days off. Yesterday and Monday too were stat holidays but the next few days are simply off. Buisness gets real slow between the two holidays so we generally just close. We would rather … Continue reading
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The Night Before the Night Before
I have been running full steam all day. I think we are going to make it. Presents are wrapped – mostly. It always seems to be about now that I realize that one of the kids has no requests and … Continue reading
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Good as new
I think I spent a small fortune today for the privilege of parking at St. Paul’s Hospital in Saskatoon. Maybe Patrick was just nervous but we were at the hospital a good 5 hours early. A bit of misunderstanding and definitely … Continue reading
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Staff party
We always have a couple of parties at Christmas. There is the sort of formal invite your spouse party that we have catered. This year that one happened back on the 9th. We ate a great meal drank a fair … Continue reading
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Tonight the tree crashed
What more can one say. I lost a very beautiful handpainted ornament that was a gift from a staff member and a couple other handmade things as well. Stupid tree stand.
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That's talking
Can you imagine being a six year old boy in the middle of rural Congo being handed a cell phone and being asked to talk to your father on it? That is what Massa and his son Joseph … Continue reading
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What a weird day!
Today half the scheduled patients did not come. In their places we fit in all sorts of the kind of emergency that happens just the week before Christmas – the teeth that have broken unexpectedly both front and back, crowns … Continue reading
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