R. Baxter writes, “When your desires are over eager, bethink you of the mercies which you have received already and do possess. Hath God done so much for you, and are you still calling for more, even of that which is unnecessary, when you should be giving thanks for what you have? This is unthankful [...]
Archive for March, 2009
25 Mar
Strike?
I knew there was a general assembly of my faculty today, but it was only today that I got the email telling me that they were going to vote on a strike. The professors were on a quiet strike (one day a week) for about four weeks and two weeks ago they voted for a [...]
21 Mar
Grandma’s iPod
Unbelievable but my grandma is getting an iPod and she doesn’t have a clue what this four-letter word means. She probably has seen TV advertisements about iPod, but she probably still doesn’t know what these little machines are for. Would I buy an iPod for my grandma? No. Well, only if you’d give me the [...]
17 Mar
Eventless
My life is pretty … eventless. And it is fine by me. Or maybe what you would call an event I would call unimpressive, I don’t know. All that to say that I had two (not events but) intresting happenings today.
Number 1. Some of you are aware that this week the professors at university are [...]
16 Mar
Justice Hurts
I subscribed for The Gazette for the duration of a month (university sometimes makes you buy newspapers for research), but I still receive them, every morning by my door. I don’t complain but I’ll look into the issue if it persists for another month. All that to say that I sometimes enjoy the “Quote [...]
14 Mar
Richard Baxter
Thanks for those who prayed about the conference in Sherbrooke. They had to find a different place to do it, but the church they used was full. TV was there for a little bit and people stayed long after the conference to talk with the Christians there. The GEE seems to have new contacts, so [...]
12 Mar
Conference on Creationism
The GEE (Groupe Évangélique Étudiant) of Cegep de Sherbrooke have organized a free conference on Creationism with a speaker from a Christian organisation called Origine Création. This conference is free to anyone who wants to attend and will take place tomorrow night (Thursday March 12).
Everything was fine until last weekend. Some teachers rose up agaisnt [...]
11 Mar
Jonathan Edward
“Sin is naturally exceeding dear to us; to part with it is compared to plucking out our right eyes. Men may refrain from wonted ways of sin for a little while, and may deny their lusts in a partial degree, with less difficulty; but it is heart-rending work, finally to part with all sin, and [...]
