“It's better to have loved a short girl, than never to have loved a tall.”
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Today's edition of the Cybersalt Digest is a unique one, in recognition of the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada.
Simply put, for 7 or 8 generations the government of Canada, with the assistance of a number of churches, attempted to erase First Nations culture by forcibly removing children from their families and homes and then placing them in residential schools around the country. All of these children suffered unimaginably because of being taken away from their homes. Many, many of them were brutalized and abused in all manner of ways.
While First Nations people have known for a long while that many of the children who never returned are buried in unmarked graves across Canada, non-native Canadians are just realizing that reality following the initial discovery of 215 unmarked graves in Kamloops, BC.
We are a country in the very early stages of coming to grips with and beginning to talk about the unspeakable truths of our longtime (which is also recent) genocidal history against the First Nations amongst whom we still live. We are doing this in order to find, and move along, a path to true reconciliation with them.
Shortly after the discovery of those 215 unmarked graves, I was humbled and honoured to take part in a conversation with two members of the Wiikwemkoong First Nation, and a member and a Chief of the Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation. My purpose in contacting them was to learn how I could be a better participant in the process of reconciliation and how Canadians can extinguish the systematic racism that still exists in our homes, our churches, our denominations and our institutions.
That conversation was recorded and the videos are now live, today's video share.
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The Cybersalt Digest will return to it's regular programming on Sunday.
~ Pastor Tim
The Cybersalt Digest is a ministry of Pastor Tim and Cybersalt.
My doctor asked if anyone in my family suffered from mental illness; I said, "No, we all seem to enjoy it."
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Sunday greetings everyone!
You know, I really do try to not have grammatical and/or spelling errors in the Cybersalt News. With that in mind, shout out to David. W. Jr. for noticing that last Sunday I used "loose" instead of "lose" in the newsletter.
Once again, nobody else caught that one - or at least no one else mentioned it. In fact, I was wondering if maybe a number of you had noticed it and decided to just say nothing and keep it a secret. After all, that is a very good practice which is best summed up in that familiar saying, "Lose lips sink ships!"
Today's video share is beautiful story of a community effort to be kind and love someone in their midst. My favorite part is when they send the smoke signal - so beautiful!
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Enjoy the rest of today's mailing!
~ Pastor Tim
Jimmy was sent to prison for his crimes but he told the warden he wasn't worried at all about serving his full term.
The warden asked him why, since most prisoners immediately start planning how they can get out early.
Jimmy replied, "Well, my wife has never let me finish a sentence the whole time I've been married!"
Prayer is the original wireless communication.
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Refugees and
Persecuted Christians
"I'm back from my lobotomy..." he said absentmindedly.
"You are going to be okay, you are going to thrive, you are going to flourish, you're going to rise from this floor."
- Ann Voskamp
Our three-year-old daughter, Jenna, was having trouble sleeping through the night, waking up because she was afraid. Each time as I re-tucked her into bed, I would remind her that Jesus was with her and he would keep her safe. The sleepless nights continued, with Jenna seeking comfort in our bedroom.
Finally, one night, I asked her if she had prayed for Jesus to take her fear away and help her fall asleep.
"Oh, yes," she assured me. "He told me to come and get you!"
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Rev. James Snyder, God's Penman, writes . . . .
With such a tumultuous summer, I’m glad we are now beginning the fall season. There for a while, I didn’t think it was going to come. But, contrary to my negativity, it has arrived, and I’m delighted.
Summer wasn’t quite the way summers have been in the past. My family didn’t have many get-togethers and picnics like we normally do. However, we did have one, and that had to do for the summer. I’m hoping next summer we can catch up.
I remember when I was young, summer was a wonderful time. But, of course, maybe my memories are more wonderful than it actually was. At my age, you can’t always depend upon your memory. But then, it goes the other way as well.
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Cybersalt's funny pictures collection has been years in the making and continues to grow. We are also in the process of moving images over from our old site so check back often. Don't forget to check out our funny cat pictures, funny dog pictures, funny elephant pictures, and take your turn to be funny.
Here's where we keep our funny car pictures.
Over the years, some of the most popular pages on the Cybersalt site have featured Funny Cat Pictures. We have to admit that even though cats often look at humans like they owe the feline world something (remember dogs have owners and cats have staff), cats aren't as bad as a lot of the press that they get.
And so, whether you are a cat lover or tolerator, we hope you enjoy these funny cat pictures. And, of course, if you have any funny cat pictures you want to share with the world, feel free to send them to us to post here.
Some say the world can be divided into two types - cat people and dog people. For the cat people of the planet, Cybersalt has the Funny Cat Archive. For the dog people we have this Funny Dog Pictures archive.
It's dedicated to the memory of Maggie - Pastor Tim and family's dog. The SPCA rescued Maggie from Manitoba's Red River flood in 1996 and brought her to British Columbia where she had two short term owners before becoming a part of the Davis household where she preferred adults over kids, picked and ate fruit from trees in the backyard, and very rarely went into water at the beach.
Here's our funny horse pictures collection.
We think Cybersalt's Funny Christmas Pictures Collection is the best on the net.
We hope you'll enjoy each one and share them with your online family and friends.
Merry Christmas!
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Our collection of puns.
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A great collection of clean, funny one-liners!
Chickens have grown to have a special place in Cybersalt's heart!
