It鈥檚 fair to say that when it comes to communication by text (or any other form of written conversation, or like, conversation in general), my spouse, the Carpenter, is monosyllabic.聽
Columns
Guelph jail break in 1921 a bad idea for three men
Back in the summer of 1921 three young men got to know one another as inmates at the Ontario Reformatory on the east end of Guelph.
Reflections
What position in curling would Jesus say is the most righteous?
Crime, violence common in Elora during 1860s
Over the years I have been in the habit of making notes on criminal activity in Elora that I come across while researching other subjects.聽
Feathered
I don鈥檛 know if you can read the joy in this column. I can鈥檛 convey it accurately with words, but I want you to feel it, experience it and share it with me when you read the following statement. Ready?聽
Empower yourself against fraud, scams
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Fraud and scams are on the rise and happen around us daily.
Reflections
Recently, Wes and I were reading through 2 Samuel 6, and we came to the part where David and the house of Israel transport the ark of God out of the house of Abinadab to bring it to Jerusalem.
Open
I can鈥檛 tell you how long it鈥檚 been since I walked through the door of the church I was christened in, but when I saw the sign outside saying 鈥淥pen for Prayer,鈥 it was an invitation I felt called to accept.聽
Mount Forest鈥檚 War Memorial unveiled in 1928
During the 1920s, Wellington County鈥檚 communities varied in their approach to the concept of a war memorial. Some charged full speed ahead with the project.聽
Reflections
Silver spoons and sacrifice 鈥淏orn with a silver spoon in his mouth鈥 is a mocking way we…
Mimosa was important hamlet in Erin Township
Mimosa is one of the 40 or 50 old hamlets in Wellington County that, were it not for signs on the road and dots on old maps, would exist only in the memories of a few oldtimers and local historians.
Gadget
I didn鈥檛 want another device.聽
Reflections
Those the Lord has rescued will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away. (Isa. 51:11)
Purse
I always smile when I see a man in a store holding the purse of the woman he鈥檚 with, while she tries on clothes or flips through the racks.聽
A season of gratitude
In this season of thankfulness and gratitude, I spoke with Chaplain Ram Kalap of the Homewood Health Centre.