Category: Blog

In Ottawa’s Byward Market bronzed and well-bellied French Canadian men, all stripped to the waist, sit on white, plastic chairs. Glistening in the sun, they all sport a money belt—as if a military armband of belonging– around the sweat-damp rim of their colourful shorts. Each pouch containing the treasures and necessities of the individual man—cigarettes,…

On Queen east a lovely young woman in a yellow sundress looked stern, concealed behind her sunglasses. Her hand, clenched like a fist, firmly gripped her skirt so that it would not blow-up, caught by the wind. She looked so angry, as if the thought that her beauty might be revealed so arbitrarily and to…

As many of you would likely suspect, I get a voluminous amount of email asking for advice. This is one such request that I received this week. ******************************* Dear Mr. Murray,? ?I awoke from a dreamless haze yesterday to find myself looking for recycling bins in a Canadian Tire dressed heedlessly in yoga pants and…

The truth is that I’m really not sure why I’m on Twitter, or what I’m hoping to accomplish by being there, and for that reason I’m pretty inattentive. But every once in a while I’ll post something and I’ve noticed that if you post on a particular subject—say religion—then a bunch of enterprises interested in…

While waiting for our flight at the airport in Rome, Rachelle decided to do a little bit of wandering while I hunkered down at a coffee shop. I actually love airports, not for the climate of excitement and apprehension but for the crush of people, all from different corners of the globe and all inhabiting…

Today I have given the Blog over to Heidi, our Miniature Dachshund ******************************* As many two-leggers now know, Heidi recently go to camp for two weeks and receive the word of the Lord and begin personal relationship with Jesus. Jesus is only treat Heidi need. Jesus let the light flow in. A mighty fortress is…

Along Queen East, all the solitary men in laundromats look desolate, angry even, as if aware that their presence there was evidence of a life gone sideways. Disappointed and bored, they sit about reading graphic novels and staring dazed at their feet, their unloved clothes slowly tumbling dry. At the school where I take our…

As most everybody knows, The Rapture is predicted to be taking place on Saturday, May 21st. For most of us, this will have no immediate impact, as only “The Elect” will be gathered into the air to meet Christ and be called home to paradise. The rest of us will be left here on Earth…

Today I have given the Blog over to Heidi, our Miniature Dachshund. ******************************************************************************************** Heidi like it when her life simple. See ball. Chase ball. Hear food dumped into bowl. Eat food in bowl. Easy. Heidi like her routine. Then suddenly two-legged boss-machines pick Heidi up, throw her in car and drive her to country and…