Jamie tells a couple of stories over at his site. They are reflections of the life he and his wife have chosen to live. Stories that come out of their experiences as they share the streets and neighborhood with the people in north Winnipeg. Read them. They may challenge you to rethink some things about [...]
Entries from August 2008
August 30, 2008
Makes me wonder
This afternoon I had to run to the closest shopping centre to pick up a bit of stuff for supper. As I was driving away from the grocery store, two police cruisers passed by in front of me. Unusual to have tow in a row I thought. They pulled over a few feet ahead. On [...]
August 29, 2008
Happy First Birthday
Before Rachelle and Ronin left us for Toronto, we had a birthday celebration. Both of them had birthdays coming up in August. Today is the actual Big Birthday Day for Ronin. Happy Birthday from Grandma!
August 28, 2008
Special deals
You’d think I had advertised a 10% off for Christians day at the office. First 4 patients were definite yeses – if I’d popped the faith question. Seems as if a lot of young people are heading back to Bible college somewhere and are making sure their mouths are cleaned up! And from the genuine [...]
August 28, 2008
It is good
It is good to spend time in good conversation over good coffee and a decadent dessert. That is what I did tonight. It just is good to find someone - not from my own church group – that thinks in similar ways, has faith and dreams and hopes and ideals that I share. We’ll be [...]
August 26, 2008
Fun stuff
After work most of our staff headed up to one of the local pubs for wings and drinks. Now, I usually decline. It is not easy to just up and leave a starving family at home while head off to the pub. And sure, they really can look after themselves but there is this huge [...]
August 25, 2008
Back to…
Routines; we get tired of being stuck in them but when we have been out of them, it sure feels good to get back to them. That is kind of what it feels like around here these days. It seems as if the routines of fall bring some kind of groundedness back to my life. [...]
August 24, 2008
The problem of evil
This will probably sound like a strange post but… Sometimes adults do things that are so tainted by evil. Running up against these things in people that previously were highly esteemed is hard. It shatters our sense of trust and confidence. We see them succumbing to the temptations of power and money and not even [...]
August 23, 2008
Around Here
Drove to Saskatoon yesterday to meet Patrick and Amanda – returning from their trip to Africa and Europe. I guess Amanda was very sick while in France, so that part of the trip was not terribly good. Africa was not good for them either. Two very tired people now. They have some recovering to do. [...]
August 22, 2008
Last Friday Off
It is great to have a day off – like today. The sad thing is that this is probably my last Friday off for several months. In two weeks time, school will have started and I will be back to doing dental check-ups for the kids at school enrolled in the school dental program. I [...]
