15 10 09 - 14:02
I Feel the Winds of God
I have often wondered what the difference is between being a minister in Southern Ontario and being a minister here in the Maritimes. I am a Maritimer born and bred, but I lived away for twenty years, and coming back to Halifax meant coming back to a city that sometimes feels like it could be a city anywhere in Canada, or most of the northern States. I mean, I live in the suburbs, which are much like any forty year old neighbourhood anywhere. The big box stores are all the same out on Bayers Lake Road as they were on Gardner's Road back in Kingston. Halifax is supposed to be such a happening city, but we're at the stage in life where we're too old and tied down to really enjoy the downtown night life.
But week before last I had an opportunity I don't think I ever would have had in an Ontario church, even one that was 30 km or so from Lake Ontario, like the last one. I was asked to perform a wedding on a tall ship. ... (more)
