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Hosanna in the Highest
Times come, and then they go. The shifting of sands amidst the rolling of the tides. What has been deposited upon your shore this last...
The Standard
3 days ago6 min read
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Editorial: News Publishers Call on Canada Post CEO to Support Local News
For many Canadian community news publishers, Canada Post is really the only game in town when it comes to distributing their newspapers...
The Standard
Mar 132 min read
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Editorial: Drinking and Driving do not mix
Most of us can agree mixing alcohol and driving is a bad idea. Yet, as of September 5th, 2024, Ontario legalized the sale of alcohol at...
The Standard
Jan 232 min read
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Editorial: I got the Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy down in my heart!
This is the leading line of another celebratory song, sung about the relationship experience gained by inviting Christ in one's heart...
Todd Green
Dec 19, 20244 min read
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The First Week of Advent – The Candle of Hope
Hope is always tied together with the answer to a question, problem or need. In the big question, what Jesus did for us was take upon...
Todd Green
Dec 5, 20244 min read
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Editorial: Defeat the Doubt vs Doubt and Defeat
The way words are prioritized can invigorate with inspiration and Hope, or leave one in despair. A new perspective can help us see things...
Todd Green
Jun 6, 20244 min read
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Editorial: Let's not miss it
There's no way back from what I've done,' says the voice of regret. It's the kind of thing many people say to themselves when they're in...
Todd Green
May 9, 20244 min read
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Editorial: Release
Most of us don't think about it in our day to day, but release is a thing which doesn't come easy. Try going up to a friend and attempt...
The Standard
Mar 28, 20247 min read
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Editorial: When purposes come together
This year, we are fast approaching two significant commemoration times within our culture at the same time. This very rarely happens....
Todd Green
Feb 8, 20243 min read
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Merry Christmas Editorial: A small thing in the eyes of this world can change everything, don't get stuck under circumstances
I don't know in what circumstances this article finds you today but I hope it finds you well. Think of the word circumstance, like the...
Todd Green
Dec 21, 20237 min read
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Have a Happy meaningful Christmas this year
December 6th holds a special significance to Canadians with Hungarian beginnings, as well as those of the Czech Republic, Slovenia,...
The Standard
Nov 30, 20234 min read
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Editorial: The Witness of Scars
This week's issue is about Remembrance Day, Veterans Day, Indigenous Veterans Day, and all the other sacrifices we are indebted to, so...
The Standard
Nov 2, 20235 min read
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Sunday, November 5th is International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church
During this thanksgiving season, I am grateful we do not face the kind of religious persecution many in our world do today. Sunday,...
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Oct 27, 20232 min read
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Editorial: Reconciliation
I am thankful for this gracious move among Indigenous Peoples as of late. My wife and I attended a recent truth and reconciliation...
The Standard
Oct 5, 20236 min read
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Being there for the other guy
Do you remember that moment when you were little, and your sibling, cousin or 'friend' took the cookie you were about to eat and gobbled...
The Standard
Jul 5, 20234 min read
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A good story to help the future
Generations, multiple generations, they're so important; to the continuity of human existence, of community, of family, and of one's...
The Standard
Jun 9, 20235 min read
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The Swing to Lower Net-cost Power and Alternative User technologies
Recently, I had a short conversation with a man named Randy, who works for Mariposa Electric, a local electrical contractor. I started...
Todd Green
May 19, 20234 min read
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The Road We Take
Travelling the road with God is far better than the setting out or the arriving: it is the living in the middle. Setting out is filled...
The Standard
Mar 29, 20231 min read
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To thine own self be true
This above all, to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not be false to any man. This is from...
The Standard
Mar 3, 20233 min read
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Is Love a feeling or what?
Before the next issue of the Standard is released, Valentine's Day will have come and gone. However, does the greater inspiration to Love...
The Standard
Feb 9, 20234 min read
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