Monthly Archives: November 2005

West Winds Blow

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Wind comes and goes.  So do signs! 

A month ago I routered an oak sign.  Just read “BAKERS”.

Then I put the sign up under the eaves.  With metal “S” rings.  Hooked to Christmas tree light holders.

In today’s windstorm, it all came tumbling down.

When I arrived home from work, there was a step stool on the front steps.  Jill had everything set for me to climb up and reattach the sign.  A little better this time.  So the wind won’t harm the “BAKERS”.  And the next time a wind blows, and things get a bit messy,  we’ll both be there to make sure the “BAKERS” are still there!

29 years and we’re still going – neither wind, nor snow (and Kindersley sees snow), nor hail nor sleet will keep me from my loved one! 

                                       

                                                Love Ya, Jill!

 

Stewards of the stead

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Stead Steward – my newest title in my multifaceted life!

In the fourteenth century William Langard wrote Piers Plowman.  One of the phrases talks about the “steward of the steads”.  The stead is a place that was or is someone elses.

A friend of ours moved but their house has not yet sold.  Every other day (an insurance requirement and good for peace of mind) I wander down and check out the house.  For the five or ten minutes I now can add a new title to my name.

Imagine the names we could attach to ourselves!  What titles do you have that are impressive for the amount of work you do??

Theology Blog Starting!

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Well, here it is!

If you want to get in on my daily (or almost daily) meanderings on church, theology and God click on the side button under the Blogroll on “RON BAKER’S THEOLOGY BLOG”.  Or put into your browser the following – www.ronbaker.ca/theology .  That will get you there as well.

See you there!

Operation Christmas Child -boxes coming in!

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We are a “regional” drop off centre!  A place to drop off OCC boxes.

To date we have around 550 boxes in.  Appears that’s more than last year.

In the last while we have consolidated the boxes into shipping boxes, tried to keep track of how many, and generally watched the outpouring of love people have for this project.  Not that this town has had it easy.  In past years the United Church minister criticized the project and seems to have derailed some enthusiasm.  But momentum is coming back.

Meanwhile I’ve lifted boxes, toted them bales and generally been called on to get into shape.  Not as easy a task as we thought it might be, but as a benefit, I may lose weight and have a more svelte (is that Svedish??) figure!.