Ukrainian Young Moms Fleeing War
What would you take if you were a young mom in Ukraine and had to flee advancing Russian forces?
Bob JonesMay 24, 2022
Music: The Sound of Defiance in Ukraine
Cellist, Denys Karachevtsev, sits on a stool in the road in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. You’ve probably seen or heard the sombre Bach melody he chose to play. Music in the sound of defiance in the midst of chaos.
Bob JonesApril 28, 2022
What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do
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.
Bob JonesMarch 31, 2022
What Really Matters
My heart is gutted for our friends in Ukraine and Russia.
Jocelyn JonesMarch 15, 2022
On The Road of Lamentations
Reflections on the last two years could fill up a book similar to the Old Testament book of Lamentations.
Bob JonesMarch 12, 2022
Canadians On Guard For Ukraine
We are witnesses to a level of global unity against an aggressor that is unprecedented in our lifetimes and Canada is at the forefront.
Bob JonesMarch 3, 2022
We Stand With Ukraine
Ukraine is on our minds, in our prayers, and with our help. Images out of Kyiv (keev) are heartbreaking.
Bob JonesFebruary 26, 2022
4 IRONIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COURAGEOUS
Courageous people share one common quality - they don't describe themselves as courageous. They talk about being afraid and scared. Some explain that they were "just doing their duty." Volodymyr Zelensky exemplifies courage.
Bob JonesOctober 29, 2019
WHEN EVIL STRIKES
Inside Commonwealth Stadium the Edmonton Eskimos football team were racking up their sixth straight loss of the season. That was bad enough. Outside Commonwealth, one man went on a Saturday night rampage leaving a police officer and four pedestrians injured. An ISIS flag was found in his vehicle.
Bob JonesOctober 5, 2017
3 LESSONS FROM THE UNHAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH
How to pack for a trip to the world’s least happy place? No, the destination is not Calgary after another dismal season for the Flames. This trip will take you in the opposite direction of Disneyland, the happiness capital of the world. The location is identified in the World Database of Happiness (WDH). Least Happy Nation In The World Ruut Veenhoven, the Director of the WDH, is a Dutch sociologist and world authority on the scientific study of happiness. He’s described as “the godfather of happiness.” According to Ruut the least happy nation in the world is - Moldova - a part of the former Soviet Republic. Moldova is sandwiched between the Ukraine and Romania – two equally unhappy places…
Bob JonesAugust 24, 2016