by Rev. Phil | May 30, 2023 | Sabbatical Blog
Boy, did I goof up yesterday. Thank you to the person who pointed out that in my blog about bike riding, I wrote that I was peddling my bike, not pedalling my bike. To be clear, I was riding it, not selling it. Oops. We all make mistakes. That’s why...
by Rev. Phil | May 30, 2023 | Sabbatical Blog
I took a break from blogging for a bit. Needed to focus on a few other things. Sorry. Last week I was up north and decided to try something new. I went bike riding on some of the back roads of Muskoka. I discovered and learned a few things. Firstly, I...
by Rev. Phil | May 14, 2023 | Sabbatical Blog
On Mother’s Day 1956, Rev. Peter Marshall an American Presbyterian church and chaplain to the U.S. Senate told the following story: There was once a quiet forest dweller who lived high above an Austrian village along the eastern slope of the Alps. The old gentleman...
by Rev. Phil | May 12, 2023 | Sabbatical Blog
Waiting is a requirement in life, patience while waiting is a gift. I am spending my afternoon waiting in the Hyundai dealership for an oil change and to get my snow tires off (I know it’s mid-May, don’t judge me). Best guess is I will be waiting for about...
by Rev. Phil | May 11, 2023 | Sabbatical Blog
I have shared before my love of going to the dump. It is one of life’s true joys, at least for me it is. There is nothing like tossing things over that metal rail and hearing them crash into the bins below. And today the dump did not disappoint when...