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Archive for April 9th, 2009

Maundy Thursday hymn: “Go to dark Gethsemane”

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

“Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me.” — St Matthew 11:29
The closing hymn at this evening’s Maundy Thursday service at Christ Church, Windsor.  During the singing of the hymn, the altar was stripped of all furnishings.
Hymn #132 in The Book of Common Praise (1938), official hymn book for the whole of The Church [...]

Patrick Henry updated

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

Cartoon: Michael Ramirez

“Once you touch that garbage, it’s yours”

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

Government threatens a citizen who cleaned up a local eyesore, proving once again that no good deed shall go unpunished. An old story, I know, but it never fails to outrage.
Every spring since 2001, Gaston Soucy of Hartlen Point, Nova Scotia, has been cleaning up wind-blown litter from a vacant lot near his home.  About [...]

The “L” doesn’t stand for Liberal

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

Nova Scotia NDP candidate Lenore Zann appeared topless on the television show The L Word and the NDP is shocked—shocked!—that someone from the Liberal Party circulated a photo. I have a tip for Ms Zahn: If you don’t want topless photos of yourself intruding on your election campaign, don’t go in front of a [...]

Canadian Christians donate more and volunteer more

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada examines recent surveys of giving and volunteering conducted by Statistics Canada and finds that the data sit uneasily with the stereotype of devout Christians as divisive, intolerant, and judgmental.
Here are some highlights.
Evangelical Christians volunteer and give to charitable causes, both religious and non-religious, at higher rates and higher levels than [...]

Charts of the day

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

From today’s Labour Force Survey release by Statistics Canada.

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SMU students attack Mark Mercer

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

Two more Saint Mary’s University students chime in to defend last February’s shameful and cowardly shout-down of pro-life speaker Jojo Ruba. Their letters, which appear in the latest issue of the SMU Journal, take a ugly turn with personal attacks on philosophy professor Mark Mercer, an outspoken and tireless defender of free speech on [...]

Maundy Thursday

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

The collects for today, Thursday in Holy Week, commonly called Maundy Thursday, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962)
Almighty and everlasting God, who, of thy tender love towards mankind, hast sent thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, that all mankind should [...]