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the HERALD Religion Wednesday February 5 Grandfathers are there to be enjoyed ByJIM RYAN Herald Special Fifth Sunday inordinary Time Luke 1 11 Feb 9 1992 I ve been reading Iron John by Robert Bly the American poet It stirring up a lot of stuff Check out the metaphor Metaphors are important in Bly book My life is either a soup or a pond heavy with algae or a walled city courtyard littered with dry leaves and yellowed newspapers It s a book about myths and male society initiation rites and of passage He keeps talking about older men teaching younger men what it means to be human and specifically male One thing that has been stirred for me as I read the book was a desire to see my grandfather So during the recent Air CanadaCanadian Airlines ticket price war I bought a ticket for a week in Edmonton in March I haven t been out to see him for years He now and living in a seniors residence Bly book reminded me of the Bible Digest His lord said unto him Well done thou good and faithful ser thou hast been faithful over a few things I will make thee ruler over many things enter thou into the joy of thy lord Matthew 25 It going to be a wonderful day when we hear the Lord voice His approval about our faithfulness Be not weary in welldoing Keep going for the Lord And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory the glory as of the only begotten of the Father full of grace and truth John The greatest miracle recorded in history was when God became a man to become the Saviour of the world Thank you Jesus for your love for us Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord wrath but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his for he shall make even i speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land ID or influence cannot buy reprieve from God judge men Only a heart commitment to the Lord can save us from the judgement upon our lives Do you know the Lord give thanks unto the Lord for he is good for his mercy en forever 1 Thank the Lord for His goodness He loves you with an everlasting love The Lord is good a strong hold in the day of trouble and he them that trust in him l Give your troubles to the Lord He cares about you And now abideth faith hope chanty these three but the greatest of these is chanty I Corinthians 13 Being a recipient and channel of God love is the greatest bless ing of life Accept God love for you and pass it on to others But beloved remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ How that they told there should be mockers in the last time who should walk after their own ungodly lusts Jude Don t be discouraged faithful Christian We must expect op position from the enemy when we seek to really make a difference for the Lord Religion and 1BKISIP Reality by Jim Ryan A role grandpa took in my life especially during my adolescence Grandpa took it as his task to question the education I was get ting in the 60s from teachers newspapers books records and TV The views I was picking up were contrary to many of his views On one occasion noted for me by my grandmother grandpa leave a discussion atone even after the news was over and he had changed into his pyjamas He came back out of the bedroom to continue education In those days I went out every summer to help out in the music store We talk while he taught me how to pack musical in We talked everywhere in the car in the garden in the living room after supper in his aluminum boat when we went fishing I thought a lot of his views were racist and narrow He didn t like Indians or the French He did like He thought my views were weak and No he said We re not created equal That s foolishness He thought my heroes were fools What does John hope to accomplish lying around in a hotel bed talking to the press And what s this about Len non not wearing leather shoes Grandpa was a self made man He was also what was called a self taught man He like academics They re too high and mighty I once sent him a sweatshirt with the logo printed on it University of Hard Knox He want me to be walked on I remember with pride tell ing him how I stood my ground one day when we went fishing I was holding the boat near the boat launch while he parked the car and the boat trailer An adult yelled at me to get out of the way Grandpa I told him to wait his turn Grandpa had an idea for the Revolution which I thought was bound to happen When the Revolution takes place the first action is to gam control of the jNeLLS DRIVING SCHOOL DAY CRASH COURSE I DURING SCHOOL MARCH BREAK 3 30 APPRO BY ONTARIO SAFETY LEAGUE About Courses or Private Lessons phone 145 per money order for up to 99900 orders Money Orders to USA International Money Orders Also Available Compare with the banks and then come in to DELREX SMOKE SHOP GEORGETOWN MARKET PLACE 8779284 We offer businesses discounts on stamps V stations That way you can get the people on your side He also said he t mind The Mothers of Invention My grand mother got angry with him for that He s just trying to get on your good side She said this to me while the Mothers sang I want to die I want to die Grandpa didn t like Bob Dylan s voice He also told me about a life that seemed very unlike my own He told me about being humiliated in the schoolyard when his pants were pulled down I was the new immigrant about living a shack with a dirt floor I was never sure if this was really true about selling newspapers working in the bank and then on the ranch skinning mules about playing sax all over Northern Alberta in dance halls during the Depression about how a man paid for a piano during the Depression by building him a fireplace It 11 be great to sec him again food stores target OPEN 24 HRS 7 DAYS A WEEK 51 ST GEORGETOWN the HERALD CHURCH DIRECTORY To advertise your churchs special Services call Advertising Department and ask for Barb ANGLICAN St Church s Drive Acton Sunday Services 900am am Sunday School 10 a St The Martyr Anglic in Mam 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