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How to climb the mountain of the Lord

In a homily "One step at a time" Father Brendan McGuire relates the story of a group of settlers who came to a new land and found a beautiful valley between two magnificent mountains. On either side of the valley were very steep mountains.

Six down. How many more to come?

One of my treasured childhood mementos is a letter from Her Majesty. Queen Elizabeth's Lady in Waiting. I'd sent Her Majesty a birthday card, never thinking that I'd get any kind of a response.

Matthew, Mark, Luke and John - hold your horses

A frog approaches Patricia Whack, a bank teller: "I'd like to get a loan for 30,000 pounds to buy a boat and go on holiday". Patricia looks at the frog in disbelief and asks his name. "Kermit Jagger, Mick Jagger's my father.

Sometimes it's just all good

Sometimes life holds such lovely surprises; take this past Friday afternoon, for example. My eyes glued to the computer monitor and the larger part of my anatomy glued to my computer chair, I raced against the clock to meet several writing deadlines.

Garage sales, miracles and abundance

What kind of dance do buns perform? Abundance.

What is more precious than gold or silver

Dr. David Cerqueira relates this story: "Sarah was a second grader, full of energy and beaming with naughtiness. As Sarah's Sunday school teacher, my wife provided me with many funny stories of Sarah's latest antics.

This time I'm not sorry

I learned a couple of valuable lessons this week: First, using the word "sorry" is a Canadian birthright; second, I don't have to use it to prove my citizenship or anything else, for that matter. Now that I've stated my premise, let me explain.

Lessons of Easter Part 2 - God is real

I could not say I believe. I know! I have had the experience of being gripped by something that is stronger than myself, something that people call God. ~Carl Jung Father Brendan McGuire in his Good Friday homily retells a wonderful short story by O.

One secret of leadership

Sometimes a near-perfect event comes along. I experienced one of those this past weekend while attending a District Toastmaster's Conference.

I can hardly wait

Just five more sleeps! For months I've anticipated attending my first District Toastmaster's (TM) Conference and the time is almost here. If the event is even as close to being as intense as my excitement, it promises to be quite the bang-up affair.
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