Cybersalt News

Sunday greetings everyone - and happy Canadian Thanksgiving, or as we call it up here in Canada, "Thanksgiving."

Grandma Cybersalt have just returned, late at night, after a wonderful visit with two of our children and their families, so that will be the news for today - other than to say once again that we are thankful for each of you who are a part of the Cybersalt Digest!

Today's video share is Thanksgiving related. It shows that thanksgiving isn't just for those with two arms.

And just in case you think, "That can't possibly be a thing!" after watching the video, there is a another second video share today to 

Click here to watch the first video.

Click here to watch the second video.

Enjoy the rest of today's mailing!

~ Pastor Tim

Oh look, Chicken Thursday!

It's fireplace season again at Cybersalt World Headquarters. The weather has changed to the point where coming and going from the house let's enough cold air in to trip the thermostat and turn one of them on. When it comes to fires, I prefer a good wood burning fireplace, but ours are both gas and get the job done - including looking just as cozy! Truth be told, I'm probably to lazy for heating our home with wood - perhaps all the more reason to get one, lol!

Today's video share shows the process of hand making tiles out of cement - probably another routine I'm not suited for. I found the process quite fascinating to watch so I hope you do too.

 Click here to watch the video.

~ Pastor Tim

Sunday greetings everyone!

One of the great things about having contact with with people from other cultures is the opportunity to see what is common across humanity.

This video of a father surprising his daughter (or a daughter being surprised by her father) with a gift is a great reminder that people who are different than us aren't different than us in so many ways. Empathy toward others is a key element in being able to love our neighbours as ourselves, as God calls us to do!

Click here to watch the video.

Enjoy the rest of today's mailing!

~ Pastor Tim

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.

Click here to watch the first video.

The Cybersalt Digest will return to it's regular programming on Sunday.

~ Pastor Tim