Taking advantage of temporary legislative changes On November 15 of last year, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers initiated strike action, suspending delivery of mail in Canada. In this day and age of email and online payment systems, postal strikes do not have anywhere near the negative consequences as in the past. Our clients choose for the most part to receive their … [Read more...] about Christmas in February
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A New Year, a new you: Change doesn’t always come easy
I don’t get it. To me, it’s hard (really hard) not to love Jesus’ teaching. Throughout His life on this earth, Jesus preached love and hope. How can you not agree with that? In fact, recently I said to a group of friends that I don’t understand why everyone didn’t follow Christianity. Even if I didn’t believe in God or Christ, I would find the core message of Christianity (the … [Read more...] about A New Year, a new you: Change doesn’t always come easy
MedWatch
Rona hadn’t been feeling herself all day. She was usually quite active but today something was off. “All day long, I had ‘heavy arms’,” she says. A retired nurse, she knew that women experienced different symptoms but having a heart attack was the furthest thing from her mind. However, at midnight when she started to have chest pain and shortness of breath, her husband Ray … [Read more...] about MedWatch
Generosity: Part 3, Generosity leads to joy
Rick Warren, in his book The Purpose Driven Life said, “it’s not about you” and while I agree that it’s not about us, I also believe that almost all of the time, when God wants us to do something, it benefits us. We may not be able to see it, but it’s usually there. I won’t rule out that the odd time He might ask us to do something solely for the benefit of someone … [Read more...] about Generosity: Part 3, Generosity leads to joy
Generosity, Part 2: Love leads to generosity
Generosity Part 1: Love love Love leads to generosity. That makes sense, doesn’t it? It certainly does to me. Imagine your kids or your spouse or anyone else you love. Don’t you just want to give them good stuff? To put it more biblically, if your son asks for bread, would you give him a stone instead? I don’t think it’s just me, I think that almost all of us tend to be … [Read more...] about Generosity, Part 2: Love leads to generosity