Are You An Ugly Weed Or A Beautiful Flower?

Flowers

Many years ago, I planted wild flower seeds in a patch of ground in my back yard. The first year I did so, I was rewarded with a garden filled with a variety of colourful and beautiful flowering plants. The second year, an assortment of green shoots sprang up. When these plants were young, I couldn’t tell if they were wild flowers or noxious weeds.

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Real Women and Pride

Women and Pride

As you can see from the picture, it portrays a little boy kissing a little girl’s hand. At first thought it might seem like this cute meme is adorable and worthy of praise because it shows a boy “manning up,” with the caption, “A Real Woman can do it all by herself; but a real man wouldn’t let her.”

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Empty Churches

Not long ago I attended a Parish Council meeting. The standard agenda items included review of previous minutes, declining attendance, lack of volunteers, insufficient building funds, fund raising results and maintenance items.

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Are You A Mason Without An Apron?

Flickr Image by: Sean

Not so long ago, Freemasonic lodges in nations such as the United States and Canada were teaming with members. Today, most are suffering the same fate as those of other fraternities such as the Odd Fellows, the Elks, and the Moose Hall — aging memberships and declining numbers. 

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Get Ready To Rumble!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHs3jBSx5gQ

Episode 4 – Justin Trudeau in his normal fashion decides to talk about what is important to the liberal party.  Jean Chretien a previous prime-minster shows up out of nowhere to tell Justin the real deal.  A fight ensues!

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