The Seventeenth Toronto Bottle Show was Sunday April 17th 2011

A terrific after-church activity the Toronto Bottle Show has always been a one day event, and in my opinion its a perfect way to spend a relaxing Sunday afternoon.

Much like the walled cities and towns of medieval Europe, there are now gated communities in every major city in the United States, and they are increasingly common in England, France and Spain (indeed some would say they never really went away in Europe). The gated community is a new / old form of community lifestyle, relatively free of crime.  These confines attract retired couple and young families.

Dancing is not especially popular among Christian Men in North America. It seems to me that wedding dances and ceremonies are the only real occasions for ritual dance such as it is, and it’s with some reluctance that married men journey to the dance floor.

Every Remembrance Day we stand at the cenotaph and honour the men and women who fought and died overseas to keep the people of this nation free. But we are not free, not really. I submit to you now that there are strange and rather dark forces at work in Ottawa. Nevermind 911, Iraq and all of the American subterfuge, we have our own conspiracies right here in Canada.

This summer, the Chinese government was the first to declare its intended colonization of the Moon. And that means that European Union and America will follow shortly thereafter and probably achieve more results first. We could have the foments of a moon base by 2014, and there's sure to be a hotel and casino within a few years after that. But who will build the Church?

Gold is too ostentatious, and copper is too utilitarian, so is silver the most spiritually fashionable metal?

A lady friend of mine in the jewellery business told me that silver crosses and anhks and other common religious patterns always sell better than gold versions of the same design. She believes it’s because gold is not spiritually fashionable, and never has been (my wife thinks it’s because more clothing options happen to match with silver than gold). It could also be that silver is much cheaper than gold…  I would like to explore the idea of a spiritually fashionable metals.

Things have changed over the years, lets look back on the dawn of man and the fashion of wearing religious iconography.

There has been a lot of talk in the City of Toronto about the Parkdale United - Green Phoenix Project which began construction in August, 2006 and I believe is still working to 100% complete a green renovation. As I also understand it, the church has installed large solar panels up the side of their apartment building on King St West in Toronto.  You can read a little more about it and their conference on Green Churches in Canada here

I was going through my old photos looking for pictures of Kids in Action that I could use to submit to latest photo contest on Lenzr today when I came across this snapshot from a recent action adventure in historic Ontario Canada.

What do you think the Gordian Knot looked like?

Wikipedia reports that,

In 333 BC, while wintering at Gordium, Alexander the Great attempted to untie the knot. When he could find no end to the knot, to unbind it, he sliced it in half with a stroke of his sword, producing the required ends (the so-called "Alexandrian solution").