BONDS 715............

Barry Bonds hit his 715th home run Sunday to slip past Babe Ruth and pull in right behind Aaron, whose long-standing record of 755 may prove even tougher to crack.

So let the debate begin: Can Bonds hold up to break it?

"If you keep playing long enough anything is possible," he said.

No. 715 played out exactly the way San Francisco's slugger wanted - he hit it at home, in front of the fans who adore him.

Bonds' latest milestone - a mightier homer than No. 714 - was a 445-foot, two-run shot to centre before a sellout crowd.

"It's a great honour," said Bonds, who watched Aaron hit his 715th home run at age 10. "It's a wonderful honour. Hank Aaron is the home run king and I won't disrespect that ever. ... I have a lot of respect for Babe Ruth and what he's done."

"I'm glad for him. He is a great player, and has had a great career," St. Louis slugger Albert Pujols said. "It's going to be tough for anyone else to reach 715."

"I'm just wondering how much longer he can do it," Atlanta pitcher John Smoltz said. "He's the greatest - in my era - home run hitter I have ever seen."

Go Bonds Go!!!

BEAUTIFUL DAY!!!

Galt
Golf
Club -
Cambridge
(View from
the top of
Grand River)









Grand River,
West of
Cambridge












Grand River
West of
Cambridge







My day was full with activity today, but had time to admire God's Wonderful Creation.

Lorraine is away at a Women's Conference in London, ON. The Theme is "Bad Girls of the Bible". Liz Curtis Higgs is the guest, author of 23 books, including Unveiling Mary Magdalene (WaterBrook Press). Visit her website: www.LizCurtisHiggs.com

MEMORIAL CUP FINAL, MONCTON, NB

Tomorrow is the Finals at the Memorial Cup and it will be the first all-QMJHL Memorial Cup final. The Moncton Wildcats will play the Quebec Remparts.

GO MONCTON GO!!!

WONDERFUL DAY WITH GREAT FRIENDS!!!

We went to Brampton yesterday and again today to visit Mom & Dad
Hayward from Newfoundland.
Today we had Fishermen Brews for Dinner!







This is a beauiful sunset taken while driving back to Cambridge on the 401!

MEMORIAL CUP

Stephane Goulet scored a pair of goals for the Moncton Wildcats in a 4-2 win over the Peterborough Petes at the Memorial Cup on Monday. Moncton (2-0) secured at least a berth in Friday's semifinal, but can do one better and get the bye to Sunday's championship game with a victory against the Quebec Remparts on Wednesday to conclude the preliminary round.

GO WILDCATS GO!!!

MEMORIAL CUP - MONCTON, NB!!!

The Memorial Cup Started Yesterday In Moncton, New Brunswick!











Peterborough 3 Quebec 2

The lost look good on Patrick Roy (Coach)















Moncton 3 Vancouver 2

GO MONCTON GO!!!

BONDS TIES THE BABE!

San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds hit his 714th career home run to tie Yankees legend Babe Ruth for second on baseball's all-time list. Number 714 came in the second inning against the Athletics in Oakland. He drove a Brad Halsey pitch to deep right-centre, stood and admired it briefly before circling the bases. He then kissed his batboy son on the cheek after crossing home plate. The fans at McAfee Coliseum gave him a respectful ovation.

Looks Good Barry Bonds!

GETTING READY!

We bought a Picnic Table,
Yesterday. Now we are
ready to do some serious
outside entertainment!






Here I am taking a break
after putting the Picnic
Table together!





We had a great day! We went out for 'Brunch' with friends. We finished our day by going the Weston Bakery and the big Canadian Tire in Kitchener!

We came home and had BBQ for Dinner - great meal!

THE DA VINCI CODE - 5 BIG QUESTIONS

Already an international publishing sensation, The Da Vinci Code now is a feature film directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks. The compelling story written by Dan Brown blurs the line between fact and fiction, so moviegoers have joined readers wondering about the origins and legitimacy of orthodox Christianity. This guide offers brief answers to five important questions.

1. Was Jesus married to Mary Magdalene?

No. Mary Magdalene was certainly close to Jesus. She wept at Jesus’ tomb (John 20). Jesus even entrusted her to return and tell the disciples about his resurrection. But we have no reason to believe they were married. Brown says that Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper reveals the secret. He writes that the figure to Jesus’ right, traditionally known as the apostle John, is actually Mary. Not true. Artists often gave characters feminine features to portray youth. John was the youngest of the disciples.

Brown correctly observes that few Jewish men of Jesus’ day did not marry. But why, then, did the apostle Paul, himself celibate, not mention Jesus and Mary when he argued that apostles could marry (1 Cor. 9:5)?

2. What about these alternative gospels that aren’t in the New Testament?

It’s true that the Bible did not arrive as a “fax from heaven,” as Brown writes. The New Testament canon in its current form was first formally attested in 367. Nevertheless, church leaders applied important standards when compiling the Bible. Authors of accepted writings needed to have walked and talked with Jesus, or at least with his leading disciples. Their teaching could not contradict what other apostles had written, and their documents must have been accepted by the entire church, from Jerusalem to Rome. Church leaders considered earlier letters and reports more credible than later documents. Finally, they prayed and trusted the Holy Spirit to guide their decisions.

The so-called Gnostic gospels, many discovered just last century, did not meet these criteria. Many appeared much later than the Bible and were dubiously attributed to major Christian leaders. Their teachings contrasted with what apostles like Paul had written. For example, many Gnostic writings argued that Jesus did not appear in the flesh, because flesh is evil, or they rejected the Old Testament.

3. Were there really competing Christianities during the early church?

Yes—in the sense there were many disputes about the nature of Jesus. And the church has done its best to vanquish challengers to orthodoxy. Once the church decided against the Gnostic writings, they gathered and burned all the Gnostic manuscripts they could find.

Later church councils convened to discuss other threats to Christian orthodoxy. Constantine, the first Roman emperor to make Christianity legal, called the most important of these meetings in 325. Leaders from around the Christian world gathered in Nicea, where they debated Arianism, which taught that God created Jesus. Brown writes that Constantine called this council so he could introduce a new divine Jesus on par with the Father. On the contrary, documents from before Nicea show that most followers of Jesus already called him Lord, the Yahweh of the Old Testament. The church leaders at Nicea rejected Arianism and affirmed that God and Jesus existed together from the beginning in the Trinity. This council produced the first drafts of what became the Nicene Creed, a landmark explanation of Christian belief.

4. What is Opus Dei?

A conservative religious group within the Roman Catholic Church. Opus Dei urges priests and laypeople to strenuously pursue sanctification through everyday discipline. The group has taken criticism for its conservative views, zeal, and secretive practices. There is no evidence that Opus Dei has resorted to murder; nor has the Vatican entrusted Opus Dei to violently guard the church’s deepest secrets, as Dan Brown claims in The Da Vinci Code.

5. Does the Priory of Sion really exist?

Yes, but not as described by Brown. Researchers suspect that members of the real-life Priory of Sion, founded in 1956, forged documents that placed major historical figures—such as Isaac Newton and Leonard da Vinci—in an ancient secret society. There is no evidence for this group beyond dubious documents. Any story relating this group to a dynasty begun by Jesus and Mary Magdalene is a fanciful work of fiction.

A brief guide by Christianity Today magazine editor Collin Hansen. See http://ChristianityToday.com/biblestudies/areas/biblestudies if you like to download these questions.

BACK HOME

Well, its great to be back home after a week at the Booth College in Winnipeg doing a 'Management Course.'

I have a new group of friends (22) in my life. It was a great week of learning and sharing. The 3 instructors provided a great atmosphere of learning.

Now I have to apply that learning by completing an assignment paper by October 6, 2006.

I get to return to the Booth College next May to complete the Course.

NICE TO SEE THE FLOWERS!

The Tulips are here, making the garden smile, bringing new life!

I am not a responsible for these flowers....they just came.

Anyway, I am off to Winnipeg (Booth College) in the morning for a week to do some studies. There 20 students in the class from across Canada.

I will try and keep in contact with my family during my stay there.