Monthly Archives: December 2007

ar arr arrr! The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams was asked about a Christmas card on BBC radio. The myth stuff; you know, wise men, shepherds, manger, the star, snow on the ground sorts of things, and he did what thousands … Continue reading →

 ”In the spirit of (holiday) Eid al Adh-ha and Christmas, Imam Syed Soharwardy has decided to withdraw his complaint from the Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission and the Canadian Human Rights Commission in Ottawa,” the group stated in a … Continue reading →

Jim Coggins at Canadian Christianity has started a series: The State of the Canadian Church. I don’t know how long the series is going to be, or where he is taking it, so far there are no surprises. In Part … Continue reading →

And it isn’t even winter yet. I don’t plan to be standing under that when it slids off.    

Richard Bott of looking back…looking forward made Macleans magazine. Doing what he does so well. Mediating. Making hard decisions. Explaining.   Pastoring the pastor.  Richard is very good at giving people enough rope to hang themselves. And he is the first … Continue reading →

Only once? Hello.  50 thousand volts. Once. Twice. Eight times.  50 thousand volts.  8X50 = 400,000 volts.   Going through a human being. Without warning, one officer fired a Taser into the back of his head which made him drop to his knees, he said. … Continue reading →

The Canadian Blog Awards are growing up. From 2004 – 2006 a tremendous amount of effort was put into recognition of Canadian blogs by one guy - Robert McClelland of MyBlahg. Now in best Canuck fashion, a bi-partisan board of bloggers have picked … Continue reading →

Most readers at BDBO have never heard of Hugh Hewitt and would have no idea why he thinks our neighbours to the south shouldn’t visit Canada. (Our neighbours to the south aren’t coming to Canada like they used to – … Continue reading →