LIFE Vehicles

LIFE got a new lease on the Street Team van from Jim Wilson. Here’s a photo with the new graphics!

And, we got a car donated to LIFE! It’s an Chev Aveo - 2009. Got it yesterday. Now we need to wrap it with some funky LIFE graphics!

Can you believe it? The donation of - a car?!

Lisa & Me

Photographs are a wonderful keepsake. Every picture tells a story. (thanks Rod Stewart) How often do you look at an old photo and say, "ah yes, I remember that!" Usually photos convey great memories, seldom do we have pictures to remind us of something bad.

Thankfully my wife and I have a vast collection of pictures - of everything. Our kids, our vacations, even back to our high school days. (Janice and I have been together since grade 7!)

Yesterday, my friend Lisa and I were reacquainted. We figure it's been more than 20 years since we've seen each and nearly 30 years since Lisa was a listener who hung out at CKLC while I did the evening show. Those were fun, wild, immature days, long before I was a Christian.

Lisa would come by CKLC regularly with some of her girlfriends. They would answer the request line and sometimes go to the dances CKLC did at high schools on Friday nights. Without revealing private information about Lisa, I will simply say that her family years were difficult and she has miraculously put herself through university and established a career that she never would have dreamed of having back in the 80s.
The 80s! Ha! Tears for Fears! Motley Crue! Spandex! Glamour Rock! "How a cow!" Pacman! Breakdancing! People refer to the 80's as "retro"!

The photographs tell almost the entire story. In this one, taken between songs on the radio, we posed for a photo "climbing the walls". I don't know why we are doing that! On the right is my best friend and DJ at the time - Steev Jordan, Lisa and me. Lisa went from being a listener, to our babysitter, to a friend.

Lisa - great to see you again. And isn't it amazing that neither one of us are showing any signs of aging!

Jake's Choice - I Finished It

I loved the movie “To Save a Life.” If you haven’t heard, the author Jim Britts has written a sequel called “Jake’s Choice.” It’s not a film - just a book that picks up where the movie left off. Jake goes to U of Louisville to play basketball and his girlfriend Amy goes to Stanford U. Jake’s lifestyle gets off track as he falls back to his old lifestyle of drinking, drugs and girls - and guilt about leaving God behind.

While the author, Britts, weaves in a bit of “forced preaching” that (I thought) was uncharacteristic of Jake’s character, there is a lot of good stuff to reflect on. Pastor Chris, Jake’s youth pastor from California, continues to text Jake to say hi and check in even when Jake doesn’t care. Chris never questions him or condemns him - he just continues to “be there” and because of that, Jake returns to the Lord.

There is a fabulous chapter about Jake’s homosexual campus roommate. Not to spoil the chapter for you, but Jake asks Pastor Chris what he should do about the situation and Chris says “The real issue is how you can best love your friend and show him Jesus. Jake, that’s your responsibility.” That chapter alone is worth the read.

All the characters from the movie are mentioned - his friend Doug, Johnny, Andrew, his mom and dad and his girlfriend, Amy. The last page leaves you waiting for the sequel!

Coming To Toronto - Let's Do It!

Trust Communications Ministries is expanding. We're applying for a new radio station - not a repeater of LIFE - a new station!

Cuba

A week in Veradaro, Cuba. A really good week. But - don’t like jelly fish.

Cuba was relaxing - I don’t have much to share because I only did two things, over and over. The beach and the bike! The resort and the beach were excellent. 4 star. Everyone was friendly. Food was “ok”. Quiet. No beer-drinking college yahoos to spoil the moments of peace.

The jelly fish were an issue. One day the waves rolled in dozens of jellyfish, left stranded on the beach to die in the hot sun.
One guy came running out of the ocean, screaming. He was tangled by the tail and stung. Lifeguards came running. That cleared the beach for the afternoon.

The food was "ok". I don't think I've eaten so much ice cream - or veggies! Ha! Evening entertainment was "fair". Not cruise ship quality, and very "Cuban". I went to two shows. Nothing competes with American Idol!

We chose the Melia Veradaro because it offered “biking”. Most hotel don’t have bikes. I wasn’t expecting a Fuji Roubaix Pro Series - haha! But the ones they had were not maintained at all - noisy, out of alignment, rusted chain and handlebar and pedal brakes! Yikes! I didn’t want to venture too far in case I had a break down but I still managed to jump on the saddle every day. As I say, a day on a bike is better than a day without!

Seven days in Cuba - good times. Got two books read. Lost weight! (and this was all-inclusive! I dunno what happened!) Now, I'm home with a minor tan, feeling relaxed and VERY happy to turn on the radio to hear English music!

Stamps

The cost of mailing a letter within Canada is now 59 cents. It’s a 3 cent increase. The year I was born (1957) a Canadian stamp was 5 cents!

Isn’t Canada Post shooting itself in the foot with this 3 cent increase? And through Internet access we send letters, photos and music for free. Canada Post has got to be feeling the competition.

Once upon a time, the postman used to deliver mail to your door! Isn’t that a wild idea? Each year, more people stop mailing Christmas cards.

Maybe some entrepreneur would consider an alternative postal service. Privatization means lower rates and better service however its effectiveness has been better in some countries more than others.

I don’t use mail very often. I foresee a day when the post office will close; the Internet will deliver most mail and Fed Ex will handle the bulky stuff.

Til then, may I suggest to Canada Post - “WAKE UP! Raising your rates will not increase your business!"That’s my 3 cents!

Jammin' Jeff

Many years ago, in a radio station that seems far, far away, there was once a baby DJ named Jammin’ Jeff. Each night he ruled the airwaves of LIFE 100.3, playing SLAMMIN’ CHRISTIAN HITS, having fun goofing off and calling it a job.

Do you remember this guy, Jammin’ Jeff?

From LIFE 100.3 he moved to KAOS radio in Peterborough. Then he got married and started a family. He has two sons and a daughter on the way! Jeff and me, and our wives hung out together last night, dining, catching up on family news and reminiscing about “the olden days” and many years at LIFE 100.3 which we affectionately remember as - Jammin’ Jeff.

Where has the time gone?!