A pastor had had a bad week. On Sunday he was very frustrated and he began his sermon, "Everyone in this parish is going to hell if they don't change their ways."
One man in the back began to laugh.
So the pastor said it again louder.
The man continued to laugh.
The pastor went back to him and asked him why he was laughing.
He answered, "Because I don't belong to this parish!"
"The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife."
- Will Durant
Several women, each trying to one-up the other, appeared in court, each accusing the others of causing the trouble they were having in the apartment building where they lived.
The judge, with Solomon-like wisdom decreed, "Okay, I'm ready to hear the evidence. I'll hear from the oldest person first."
The case was dismissed for lack of testimony.
"The tax collector must love poor people, he's creating so many of them."
- Bill Vaughan
"Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater."
- George Washington Carver
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A discussion about Truth and Reconciliation with two members of the Wiikwemkoong First Nation, and a member and Chief of the Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation.
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