by Rev Phil | Dec 6, 2023 | Thinking Out Loud
Last week I posted a picture on Facebook of an Advent Calendar with the caption, “I don’t care how old you are, you are never too old for one of these!” It sparked an interesting discussion about Advent Calendars. A few people used the comment section under the...
by Rev Phil | Nov 29, 2023 | Thinking Out Loud
This week, the season of Advent begins. Children will be cracking open calendars, shoppers will be checking items of their list, bakers will be baking, decorators will be up on ladders stringing lights, and the countdown to Christmas will ramp up a notch or two, or...
by Rev Phil | Nov 22, 2023 | Thinking Out Loud
Last Sunday morning, I had a text from Lori telling me that our 13 year old golden retriever Chloe wasn’t well. She couldn’t stand on her own anymore. It was not really a surprise as her health had been declining, but it was still a shock. I was at the church getting...
by Rev Phil | Nov 15, 2023 | Thinking Out Loud
Linda is leaving town!! I was so sad to get the news this morning. Apparently, she and her husband are moving to Huntsville to be closer to their granddaughter. To be honest, I didn’t know she had a granddaughter, or a husband for that matter. And until today, I...
by Rev Phil | Nov 8, 2023 | Thinking Out Loud
There is an old story about a group of blindfolded people who were asked to describe an elephant. Each one was touching a different part of the elephant’s body; thus, each had a different idea of what the entirety of the elephant was like. “An elephant is tough and...
by Rev Phil | Nov 1, 2023 | Thinking Out Loud
Celebrities die at the same rate as we common folk, but their deaths can seem more significant given that millions of people have had a stake in their lives, and thus millions of people feel their passing in a personal way. Social media has given us a platform to...
by Rev Phil | Oct 25, 2023 | Thinking Out Loud
There is a new Home Sense store that has opened in Barrie. Technically, it’s not new, it just moved from one end of the Georgian Mall to the other, from a small space to a bigger space. But even though not new, when you change the space around something, it can seem...
