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Scott Hamilton – A Grateful Heart

Thy Kingdom come. Thy Will be done. On earth, as it is in Heaven. When His followers asked Him about prayer, Jesus instructed His disciples to  pray for the Father’s Will to be done. If the Father’s Will were to be a picture-perfect life free of hardship and pain, praying for His will is as [...]

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Scott Hamilton – A Grateful Heart

Imagine sitting at home, watching TV. Professional figure skater Scott Hamilton has just received an Olympic gold medal. He’s standing in the limelight on top of the podium, the crowd is erupting with bouts of cheer, and he is gleaming with pride for such a momentous feat. Everything in his life MUST be perfect, right? [...]

Mention “chivalry” today and the conversation quickly turns toward subjects of romance and courteousness. Gentlemen holding the door for ladies, paying for dinner, offering their seats on a crowded bus … these are the images that typically spring to mind whenever issues of gender roles, etiquette, male chauvinism and the revival of chivalry are under [...]

One of the finishing touches to any garden is mulch. It performs a wide range of functions in the garden besides simply dressing the bed or border. Mulch helps deter weeds, maintain moisture, lower soil temperatures and eliminate soil erosion. Despite the multitude of tasks it accomplishes most of us give it little or no [...]

New Perennials for the garden (and some old favorites…) While each new year brings the return of many plants to the garden, none seem quite as miraculous as the perennials. Where seemingly nothing remains, they burst forth in spring, or quietly sneak up on June to provide bursts of colors that enliven the garden without [...]

Fall is that time of year when we begin to gather the shucks and pumpkins from the fields, even if it’s only to decorate the lamppost at the end of the driveway. We are not the only ones bringing in the harvest; Mother Nature has done a good job of stocking the pantry for her [...]

Profile on: Scott and Vicki Gillis. Scott holds a top level job with AIG Sun America. Scott and his wife Vicki also run their own real estate company.

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Deliver Us From Evil

Three strikes… and you’re out! What would you do if you could only make three mistakes in life? After a tragic car accident, professional baseball player Josh Hamilton ended up being involved with “good people who made wrong choices”. He endured a bout of being addicted to both drugs and alcohol and he knew his life was [...]

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Ben Gaur, one of the top 1% of realtors in Canada, has some real estate advice for you. Making a good business deal when it comes to home buying comes down to price and demand. You may find an inexpensive deal but if no one wants it, you may not be looking at a very [...]

You may be familiar with arachnophobia (fear of spiders) and agoraphobia (fear of public places) but are you familiar with selachophobia? That would be fear of sharks. Recently I was chatting with some friends about which activities we would or wouldn’t fear doing, such as skydiving, rock climbing, storm chasing, bullfighting, etc. I know “swimming [...]