New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “THAT’S JUST GARBAGE!”
No, this is not a timely rant against officials who determined that the Olympic Women’s Soccer Final would be ultimately decided by penalty kicks,...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “CALL OF THE OPEN ROAD”
That red C.C.M. bike I eulogized last week was my longest two-wheeled love affair---over 50 years--- but certainly not my first cycling relationship.
Way back...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “FAREWELL, MY NOBLE STEED.”
For over fifty years, he has served me faithfully. During three decades living in Peterborough, I rode him to work many days across three...
Country Curing – by Rev. Heather McCarrel
July 1st I arrived as the new minister at a country church: the Kemble-Sarawak, Zion-Keppel Pastoral Charge. The ministry now runs out of two church...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “OH, CANADA”
On Canada Day a few years ago, I inadvertently displayed my large maple leaf flag the wrong way. That is not an easy error...
Luminous Moments – by Rev. Heather McCarrel
“Do you have time to go for a drive?” He added, “There is something really cool I want to show you.”
Within minutes we were...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “THOSE DREADED DEPARTMENTALS”
If you are over age 70 and completed the five-year senior matriculation programme in an Ontario high school, the word “departmental” will likely evoke...
Father’s Day – by Rev. Heather McCarrel
This story is being shared in honour of Pride Month and also in honour of Father’s Day, it is shared with permission.
He was one...
What’s a weed? – by Rev. Heather McCarrel
Once I read that the best way to keep your lawn weed free was by keeping it thick with grass; by seeding regularly it...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “GOING, GOING, GONG!”
About five years ago, Grand River Regional Cancer Centre in Kitchener created a meaningful ritual for patients when their treatment was completed. After concluding...
