2020-02-17 14:39
“There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they’ll take you.” (Beatrix Potter, English writer) &nbs&hell…Read More
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"We have turned into the very thing that the ancients warned us of. We worship mammon. We dispose of God. We become our own god, high Caesar and all the ides of March stuff. Somehow all the searching and questioning has done nothing but push us further away. Somehow we are disengaging from what it means to be human."
2020-02-10 13:42
The moment I became aware, I knew that I was in heaven. The clouds all around me were a dead giveaway. Everything looked so clean. Dropping dead on… Read More
2020-01-13 12:35
I couldn't take it anymore. The screaming, the fighting, it was more than I could handle. I left the same way that I always fought back. I was loud… Read More
2020-01-06 13:27
Richard Robertson had previously killed six other women when he joined Jessica Smith as she walked home on a late June evening. Having left the bar… Read More
2019-12-30 13:26
Judith Hammond spent much of her time alone. The tiny apartment she had just moved into a few weeks before was certain… Read More
2019-12-23 11:26
I don't know if you believe in Christmas, but I know that I sure do. It just goes without saying that it wa… Read More
2019-12-16 11:43
I discovered that the shop had sat on the corner of Scott and King Streets for well over one hundred years. The panes of each simple window had been… Read More
2019-12-14 14:58
Azariah was not like the other children. He was smaller, much frailer. For all his 12 years, he stood lesser than most… Read More
2019-12-09 10:16
Alexander Stafford was a son of a bitch. He recklessly left the proof all over his wife's face. For eight years or so, she had been beaten. When the… Read More
2019-12-02 13:56
Duke knew right away that he was in trouble. The energy wave in the air that he passed through seemed to kill all the syste… Read More
2019-11-25 13:01
Luther Hough considered himself a righteous man. From an early age, he had always felt a nearness, a closeness with the God of his experience. Indoc… Read More
2019-11-18 12:53
Since her husband Malcolm's death seven months before, Edwina Talbot made it a priority to visit his grave once a week. When the stone went up marki… Read More
2019-11-11 13:50
I once wished to be American. I spent so much time there in the 1980s and 1990s that I should have had a visa. From explori… Read More
2019-11-04 13:25
I have been to Californiamany times but I have only ventured into Hollywoodon two occasions. The last time I wandered around TinselTown, I was prima… Read More
2019-10-28 11:01
This year we will not be celebrating Halloween. There will be no candy given out a… Read More
2019-10-21 12:37
For most people, high school was a living hell. The pressure to fit in, combined with the torment from other students, often turns what should… Read More
2019-10-14 13:52
Being homosexual has always been a touchy subject for me. It’s not that I am ashamed or contrite regarding my proclivity. It’s not even… Read More
2019-10-07 11:02
There is no textbook resolution to grief. There is no right way to grieve and there is no wrong way. There is nothing norma… Read More
2019-09-30 10:35
We are comprised of everything that we have known. We are the sum of all the borrowed knowledge to which our lifetime has exposed us. We are conditi… Read More
2019-09-23 10:50
It’s ironic that as a gay man, I have always been attracted to pussy. From my beginning, I have cherished the cat. Do… Read More
2019-09-16 10:19
When I was a very young child, someone broke into our basement during the night. Trixie, our miniature black Chihuahua, mus… Read More
2019-09-09 14:08
Mid-winter 1957 brought heavy precipitation to the Wingham area. Extending south, well past the tree line and down into Southern Ontari… Read More
2019-09-02 12:39
One of the reasons we chose Paris, Ontarioto settle in was because it was a small town. We just assumed that meant a quiet place, peaceful and frien… Read More
2019-08-26 10:52
“Years of knocking on heaven’s doorHave taught me this, if nothing more,That it’s all right, what may come.”(All Right, Amy Grant 1988)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v… Read More
2019-08-20 11:51
“I’m not handsome enough to be James Bond. Maybe a villain, though.”(Matt Smith, English actor) You… Read More
2019-08-12 13:13
“Birds of the same feathers flock together, and when they flock together they fly so high.” (Cecil Thounaojam, social media) … Read More
2019-08-05 11:29
“Addiction isn’t about substance - you aren’t addicted to the substance, you are addicted to the alteration of mood that the substance brings.” (Susan Cheever, Americ… Read More
2019-05-28 12:18
I would love to be an Atheist, to rid my life of the complication that comes with Faith. At times, I feel like I am only a… Read More
2019-05-20 14:10
I have found that the most successful way to deal with the struggles of life is to forget them. While I don’… Read More
2019-05-14 10:54
“Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.” (Matthew 7:6, NIV) … Read More
2019-05-06 12:17
“To save a man’s life against his will is the same as killing him.” (Horace, Roman Poet circa 65-8 BCE) I… Read More
2019-04-29 12:19
For him, there seemed to be something very physical about his encounters with the Holy Spirit. It was a tactile experience… Read More
2019-04-22 13:03
When my Mom died in 2010, I once again started to question the purpose of living and all that entails. It is not that I had… Read More
2019-04-15 12:56
I have come to the conclusion that most religious people pick and choose what scriptures they will follow. Theologians call this behaviour “se… Read More
2019-04-08 13:23
“Well today I found myselfAfter searching all these yearsAnd the man that I sawHe wasn’t at all who I thought he’d beI was lost when You found me hereI was broken beyond re… Read More
2019-04-01 09:49
“I make you uncomfortableWhen I’m aroundYou always find a reasonTo shut me outYou don’t understand meSo you push me awayAnd you claimJesus lets you live that way”&nbs&hell…Read More
2019-03-25 11:21
“Life ain’t always beautifulSometimes it’s just plain hardLife can knock you downIt can break your heart” … Read More
2019-03-18 11:28
“It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.” (Luke17:2, NIV) &nbs&hell…Read More
2019-03-11 11:01
“He who learns must suffer, and, even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful… Read More
2019-03-04 12:12
“What will it be like when my pain is goneAnd all the worries of this world just fade away?What will it be like when You call my nameAnd that moment when I see You face to face?Been wa… Read More
2019-01-07 12:25
Now that a new year is upon us, most people turn to resolutions they will never keep. We promise ourselves. We convince ourselves. A few days later… Read More
2018-12-30 22:42
When I was a boy, a week seemed to last for a month and a month seemed to take an entire year. Time moved slowly and so did… Read More
2018-12-23 22:34
Long before I was romantically involved with anyone, I used to stand in front of the tree on Christmas Eve and I would talk… Read More
2018-12-18 14:09
“Our favourite amusement during that winter was tobogganing. In places the shore of the lake rises abruptly from the water’s edge. Down these steep slopes we used to coast. We wo… Read More
2018-12-10 11:52
The Grinch tried to change, it was easy to seeAll the Whos down in Whoville seemed happy indeedNo more thief in the night, no more playing with the factsThe Grinch was quite pleased and so w… Read More
2018-12-03 12:21
Just like for most North Americans, early December is a busy time of year in our household. I think most people wait until… Read More
2018-11-26 12:09
There is just something about autumn. It’s ironic, how vibrant death can be. There is the richness of color, the chan… Read More
2018-11-19 12:21
They say that prostitution is the world’s oldest profession. People have been getting paid to fuck for centuries. As… Read More
2018-11-13 14:19
“Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter.” (James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States) I will have t… Read More
2018-11-12 12:16
“Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter.” (James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States) … Read More
2018-11-04 22:35
“Feels good just to be aliveOn a day like todayI see the world through different eyesOn a day like todaySometimes all the stars alignAnd everything is okayAnd everybody says ‘Hey… Read More
2018-10-30 13:08
The older I get, the more I appreciate the life I have lived. It has been a fun ride, despite the speed. I have seen some s… Read More
2018-10-29 11:04
The older I get, the more I appreciate the life I have lived. It has been a fun ride, despite the speed. I have seen some s… Read More
2018-10-21 23:15
On October 17th, 2018, marijuana became legal in Canada. This fall, my home and native land has become only the second coun… Read More
2018-10-15 09:49
August 2nd, 2018 was a somber day for me. The anniversary of my parents’ marriage (would have been 57 years) and the… Read More
2018-08-27 10:16
“You’re a falling star, you’re the get-away carYou’re the line in the sand when I go too farYou’re the swimming pool on an August dayAnd you’re the perfec… Read More
2018-08-20 13:11
“An old man turned ninety-eightHe won the lottery and died the next dayIt’s a black fly in your ChardonnayIt’s a death row pardon two minutes too lateAnd isn’t… Read More
2018-08-13 12:04
I’m a pretty good guy, at least I tend to think so. I’m smart. I’m funny. I am even sexy if you’re… Read More
2018-08-06 13:36
Every time I see the carcass of a dead animal, I am compelled to bury it. While this is usually not possible, I am obligate… Read More
2018-07-30 11:11
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expec… Read More
2018-07-23 12:24
There are lots of things people wish they could do over. What if we could? What if we could make things different, as if we… Read More
2018-07-17 11:04
“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5, NIV) The… Read More
2018-07-09 10:58
I am not proud of it but I tend to respond violently to certain factors. I am not much of an instigator but have always had… Read More
2018-07-02 11:53
“Everybody falls sometimesGotta find the strength to riseFrom the ashes and make a new beginningAnyone can feel the acheYou think it’s more than you can takeBut you are stronger… Read More
2018-06-25 14:13
I’m not really that political. I do not enjoy the exercise. It’s not that I have no sense of fairness or intere… Read More
2018-06-19 11:01
Green Peace “The human soul is hungry for beauty; we seek it everywhere - in landscape, music, art, clothes, furniture, gardening, companionship, love, religion, and… Read More
2018-06-11 11:16
Tiny little bits of time bounce around our lives like dust in the wind. Not to be cliché, but it really strikes me a… Read More
2018-06-04 11:18
“We all bleed the sameWe’re more beautiful when we come togetherWe all bleed the sameSo tell me why, tell me whyWe’re divided”(Bleed, Mandisa 2017)https://www.youtube… Read More
2018-05-28 10:57
Soundtrack Part Two“Now close your eyes, look into your handWhat do you see?Life is our song to give and learn to takeTime will not waitOh won’t you please come dance While the s… Read More
2018-05-21 11:40
“It’s not a song till it touches your heartIt’s not a song till it tears you apartAfter what’s left of what’s right and what’s wrongTill it gets through t… Read More
2018-05-14 11:10
A touchstone is a reference point against which things can be evaluated. It is an ideal by which something may be measured… Read More
2018-05-07 10:52
“Would you like to swing on a star?Carry moonbeams home in a jar?And be better off than you are?Or would you rather be a mule?” &nb&hell…Read More
2018-04-02 13:47
“What we give is all we have.How we love is what will last.And this hope we know will carry us throughWe can’t own itWe just get to hold it for a while.This Life.We can’t k… Read More
2018-03-26 13:29
Just a few months before my 18th birthday, I was attacked and sexually assaulted by four young men. Each one I knew well enough but I had no idea. R… Read More
2018-03-19 11:13
“I can breathe for the first timeI can see for the first timeIt’s like you opened my eyesI can feel my heart is coming aliveI feel aliveI can breathe for the first timeFor the fi… Read More
2018-03-12 10:15
I am an illustrated man. From head to toe, my scars define me. Each one tells a story, pinpointed not with words but in dis… Read More
2018-03-05 12:12
It’s important to believe in something. Having faith is a constructive process if used correctly. Whether with the Buddha or Jesus or Zarathus… Read More
2018-02-26 12:39
February is a tough month for me. There are so many days to commemorate that I get lost in the melancholy that I have known… Read More
2018-02-19 13:12
I have always said that if one does not condemn a person’s behaviour then one condones it. There is a fine line betwe… Read More
2018-02-12 12:23
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. Again, the kingdom… Read More
2018-02-05 14:14
When I was a young man, running away from life was my forte. Over a ten year period, I visited almost every major city on both the continental US an… Read More
2017-12-25 05:53
Christmas is the gladdest time of the year. Christmas is the saddest time of the year. This dichotomy has not gone unnoticed, not by me at any rate… Read More
2017-12-17 12:19
It didn’t matter how much money my parents had when I was growing up, somehow they managed to pull off Christmas after Christmas. With all due… Read More
2017-12-11 12:03
Azariah was not like the other children. He was smaller, much more frail. For all his 12 years, he stood lesser than most. He was a tiny boy, a litt… Read More
2017-12-04 12:12
This December was not like the one before. The previous year offered little of winter, at least not u… Read More
2017-11-27 11:57
I absolutely love winter, for the first few months at any rate. Like everyone else, as it reaches for spring, winter become… Read More
2017-11-20 12:17
“If you are good for nothing else, you can still serve as a bad example.”(Peter L. Berger, American-Protestant theologian) &n&hell…Read More
2017-11-13 12:29
Most of the things I liked when I was younger have faded with my youth. I don’t play with GI Joes and they don’t even make Big Jim anymo… Read More
2017-11-06 12:02
I joined Facebook on March 2nd, 2007. The first few years of membership were more blank pages than anything else. I didn&rs&hell…Read More
2017-10-30 11:14
As a kid growing up in suburban Toronto, Halloween was an event. City living made perfect sense when you considered the acc… Read More
2017-10-23 13:52
“There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they’ll take you.” (Beatrix Potter, English writer) … Read More
2017-10-16 11:12
I just assume that most people would prefer to know the events that are about to happen in their lives. We want to be forew… Read More
2017-10-09 13:01
"Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside awakens." (Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist) &n&hell…Read More
2017-10-02 10:20
“On my deathbed I will pray to the gods and the angelsLike a pagan to anyone who will take me to heavenTo a place I recall, I was there so long agoThe sky was bruised, the wine was ble… Read More
2017-09-25 10:52
In the 1980s, going to Mother’s restaurant was a dining event. There was something so familiar and quaint about the e… Read More
2017-09-18 10:14
Panpsychism is an ancient philosophy that is being re-examined by members of the modern scientific community. This school o… Read More
2017-09-11 11:07
“The sea, the snotgreen sea, the scrotumtightening sea.” (Ulysses, James Joyce 1922) He just sat there as she pa… Read More
2017-09-04 13:13
Try as I may, life is often more than even I can handle. Sometimes it isn’t worth it. You struggle and you fight, but for what? Nothing lasts… Read More
2017-08-28 12:36
Paper Monsterpart two Once god decides to incarnate, the paper monster from the Old Testament transforms into his own son, J… Read More
2017-08-21 14:34
Part One“My enemies turn back;they stumble and perish before you.For you have upheld my right and my cause,sitting enthroned as the righteous judge.You have rebuked the nations and des… Read More
