The TED conference in Vancouver drew lots of attention. Bill Gates was the featured speaker. Yes, that Bill Gates, the one who is the voodoo doll of COVID conspiracies. (more…)
Bob JonesApril 23, 2022
Robert Fulghum wrote a bestseller in 1989 called, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. Fulghum got me thinking about where many people like me had their first introduction to Easter - in a Sunday School class. (more…)
Bob JonesApril 13, 2022
Andrew White was kidnapped in Baghdad, gave all his money away, adopted six Iraqi children and suffers from MS. For more than ten years, Canon Andrew White presided over the only Anglican Church in Iraq, a role that led him to be known universally as the "Vicar of Baghdad." (more…)
Bob JonesApril 10, 2022
The winter of 1917 was the coldest France had seen in forty years. In April there was still snow on Vimy Ridge. (more…)
Bob JonesApril 9, 2022
Add chaplains to the list of first responders: the emergency dispatchers that take the panicked calls, firemen, paramedics, ambulance drivers, RCMP officers, STARS - the men and women that arrive in the middle of moans, acrid smoke, spilled diesel and burning tires to do their jobs with no fanfare or recognition other than the satisfaction of a job well done. (more…)
Bob JonesApril 7, 2022
The words are a lifeline for surviving Humboldt Bronco players and their families in the wake of the April 6, 2018 bus tragedy. "Always have hope and BELIEVE that everything is possible." (more…)
Bob JonesApril 7, 2022
Hardened hockey warriors. Veteran coaches. Sports broadcasters. Even, Don Cherry. United by tears. Heartbroken. Beyond words. We are Humboldt. (more…)
Bob JonesApril 6, 2022
There are going to be very painful moments in your life that will rock your entire world in a matter of minutes. These moments will change you. Cry. Scream if you have to. But let them make you stronger, smarter and kinder. And lean into faith for a miracle. (more…)
Bob JonesApril 1, 2022
The queue had stretched out of the Bosnian bakery and onto the street. Starving, war-shattered survivors were lining up for their daily bread. It was 4pm, May 27th, 1992 – one month into the siege of Sarajevo. Suddenly a mortar shell fell directly into the middle of the bread line, obliterating 22 lives. (more…)
Bob JonesMarch 31, 2022