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September 15, 2010

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Happy Birthday, Mom

My Mom is my hero. Winnie Ann(e) Elaine George was born on May 22nd, 1953 at Markland Cottage Hospital in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. Her parents, Bob and Vivian George, raised her in Whiteway, Newfoundland, along with her older sister, Helen, older brother James, and four younger brothers, Lloyd, Robert, Darryl, and Kevin. Mom (on left) with her sister, Helen. Mom was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of eight and has devoted herself to self-care through a healthy diet and exercise all her life. She is currently using the latest version of the insulin pump, but during all my childhood took an average of three needles a day. I remember sitting down with her one day when I was in high school to try to calculate the number of needles she had actually taken in her life...I think it was around 40-50 thousand at that point! Mom’s focus on maintaining good health became more poignant for me in my teenage years when I went with her, from time to time, to attend funer

Isolation

How are you doing? I hope you are well. I hope you are healthy. I hope you are in good spirits. The only thing I am sure of right now is that, in some form or another, you are isolated. This is hard. Let’s be honest. Being the amateur etymologist I am, I had to look into the word origins of “isolation” and discovered that it is a rendering into English of the French isolé , from Italian isolato , from Latin insulatus "made into an island," from insula “island.” Well, that makes sense. Do you feel like you’re on your own little island, disconnected from the world around you? You might have some immediate family around you, but all the members of the community which usually make up your “world” are “over there.” It reminds me of one of my favourite hymns when I was a child, “Jesus Bids Us Shine." Jesus bids us shine with a clear, pure light, Like a little candle burning in the night

Reflecting on AMO Clericus - Day One

The military loves its acronyms. Anglicans do too. And so the AMO - Anglican Military Ordinariate - is a natural product of that intersection. This week I have the privilege, during the course of our annual CF Chaplain Retreat, of meeting with the AMO to share our stories, pains, joys and vision together. Those present make up a comparatively large group - 35 priests, with over half of our number (mostly reservists) unable to attend. Over the course of two 'denominational days' within the larger CF Chaplain retreat, we each have the opportunity to touch base with the foundation of our faith which makes Chaplaincy possible - our specific faith communities and traditions. This is always a significant teaching-point for those inside and outside the military. We are not non-denominational chaplains. There is no such thing as a non-denominational chaplain. We are chaplains. Our role - serving those who serve - may be universal, but our individual faith traditions are vital

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