Month: September 2023
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Forgetting the Past
The importance of breaking with the cycle of past sins is it opens the door to a transformation into something better. But should we forget the original sin? On the one hand, if we have clearly moved past the “sins of our fathers”, and broken the cycle, then there is no need to remember them;…
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The Sin of our Fathers
So if we are able to be tolerant of our own imperfections and those of others around us, what about the sins of “our fathers”; those sins exercised by past generations, such as the atrocities done in war, colonization, repression, slavery, etc.? “The one who sins is the one who will die. The child will…
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No One is Perfect
Should we expect those people we have memorialized to be perfect? “He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he.” (Deuteronomy 32:4) The Bible states that God is perfect, and given that He created men and women in…
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Questions about Monuments
Preamble: This is the first in a series of entries I will post over the coming weeks that continues my study into the movement to take down monuments, and change place names. The question I keep asking myself is why does it makes sense to remove some monuments from the public space? What are the…
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Toronto Island
in: Photography
I recently visited Toronto Island with our photography group. In advance, I prepared some notes on the Islands for the group, focusing largely on the architecture of the homes / cottages on the different islands.