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Todd Green
Dec 54 min read
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...
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Todd Green
Jun 54 min read
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...
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Todd Green
May 84 min read
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...
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The Standard
Mar 287 min read
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...
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Todd Green
Feb 83 min read
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....
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Todd Green
Dec 21, 20237 min read
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...
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The Standard
Nov 30, 20234 min read
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,...
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The Standard
Nov 1, 20235 min read
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...
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Oct 27, 20232 min read
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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The Standard
Oct 4, 20236 min read
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...
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The Standard
Jul 5, 20234 min read
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...
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The Standard
Jun 9, 20235 min read
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...
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Todd Green
May 19, 20234 min read
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...
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The Standard
Mar 29, 20231 min read
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...
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The Standard
Mar 3, 20233 min read
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...
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The Standard
Feb 9, 20234 min read
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...
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The Standard
Jan 6, 20236 min read
A struggle up or an open meadow
Well, here we are again; we've broken through to the foothills of another new year. The dark days and any shadows, in the valleys of...
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The Standard
Dec 23, 20223 min read
Editorial: Wise Men (all wise people) Still Seek Him
Around this time of year, people run around concerned with buying gifts, hoping others will get them that special thing showing how much...
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The Standard
Dec 9, 20223 min read
Open Letter submitted without prejudice - Scugog Pronunciation
We honour the lands of the Mississaugas and have their name for our lake, Lake Scugog, and are honoured that its name was chosen for our...
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The Standard
Dec 3, 20225 min read
Let the Bells Ring!
“I'm here, I'm here, I'm here. Let the bells ring, and the people cheer!” At times, my dad would exclaim these words as he came crashing...
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