Last week I stopped in at Tim Hortons on my way to work.  I ordered a coffee with milk and sugar, and a bagel toasted with butter.  The young person at the window took my money and gave me my stuff without a single word being spoken; no “good morning” or “thank you”...

On Tuesday morning, I was speaking with a member of our church, and she said, “I’m on mouse power today”.  I didn’t know at first what she meant.  She went on to say, “I cannot find the energy to run the rat race today, so I am on mouse power.” Mouse power.  I love...

“Say a prayer for me”. We have all heard someone say that to us.  Sometimes it’s said in jest, as in, “I have 15 family members coming for dinner, say a prayer for me!”  Other times it is said with piercing sincerity, “I am having surgery in the morning, please say a...