By Richard L. Provencher On August 26, 1999 and without warning, my life changed dramatically. A stroke seemed to move like a dragon, raced across the sky and attacked me, rendering me mute and comatose for approximately 45 minutes. Two hospitals later, I was diagnosed as having a possible leaking aneurysm. My recovery plan brought [...]

By Richard L. Provencher Tuesday, August 24, 1999, 9 PM was a day, which would be embedded in my life forever. Approximately two weeks before, I was a proud and stalwart person. At that time I paddled around Lake Mattatall, north of Truro, Nova Scotia for seven straight hours. Canoeing was one of my favorite [...]

By Robin Calamaio Introduction It is a scientific fact there are males in many species. I … even happen to be one. So, how did evolution produce … the first male? This is not a small question. Evolution had to cross several very substantive bridges before it got to me – or you …

Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth … 13 Gird yourselves and lament, you priests; wail, you who minister before the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, you who minister to my God; for the grain offering and the drink offering are withheld from the house of your [...]

By Pam Vernon It was that time again. The Prayer meeting tonight at church and afterwards, supper. There was an expectation that everybody bring a plate of food but the housekeeping funds barely made it around the kids’ school needs, their clothing and some of those little extras the kids always appreciated, let alone food [...]