Yearly Archives: 2009

This week I’ll have a dual Remembrance day.  Besides the time to remember those fallen and currently in war zones on my behalf, I’ll be staying in my recently deceased father’s house in Lafleche, Saskatchewan.

One of our parishioners was used for a poster in the Second World War.  At 91 he is not the robust man of years gone by.  But for many, his and others’ lives are on view for us.  Our freedom of movement, expression, and dare we even say, religion, was defended by them.

My father was a conscientious objector in the Second World War.  This past year, at 90, he died.  For many like him, he sought to find a new way to peace.  This was brought into his approach in family life, work and church.  He walked the second mile for many, and gave more of himself than anyone who demanded a pound of flesh from him.

Both these men are on the peace continuum.  I trust, should I be faced with a decision to participate in a war, that I, too, would trust myself to God and seek His direction that peace may be found on this earth.

As the day ends I’m almost at the end.  Time to wind down and turn in.

Beginning work at 8:30, with fits and starts throughout the day, 10 hours of work related activities have gone by.  From administration to small group meeting to youth group activity to sermon preparation.  Oh, and of course there are the talking-with-people times as well!! 

All in all a good day!

This is not about spiritual conversion.  That seems like a simple matter. 

When it comes to the various formats of computer files, the list seems endless.  I have just downloaded an mp4 movie – high resolution and ready for use in church to promote a prayer day.

My usual DVD authoring software can’t seem to digest the format.  So off to the ubiquitous GOOGLE.  There I’ve found a few freeware programs.  I expect in the next few hours to have figured out a way to place this on DVD.

In a perfect world we would just turn on the TV, click a button and out would project the video of the day.  In an imperfect world, we just keep searching for that one product and end up with a smattering of programs stretched across our desktop.

I guess it could be worse.  I remember programming in FORTRAN IV with punch cards!!

I guess my medical tests shows that stress is the main contributor to my stomach problems.  Work on exercise, watch what you absorb personally, and bring the stress level down. 

So, I’ve got my work cut out for me.  Not that I didn’t expect this – its just that you hope there is another explanation – like cancer or something simple like that!!  This requires patience and perseverance and proper evaluation of my own life stressors.  And admitting that I can’t do everything.  And just maybe, letting God have more of the burden – which is where I probably should have started in the first place!!