TREVOR'S WRITING

This is the coverpage of the Free Press a while back: This whole thing bothered me quite a bit and so I wrote a letter to the editor that went like this: Dear Editor When do we care about the homeless? When they make us feel uncomfortable, or guilty. When do we decide that we should do something about the situation? When we realize they are costing us money. This is a sad reality of our culture. We are not concerned that there are 38 people who obviously are in a very rough situation, who really need our help…we care that they are costing us. By presenting the story the way it was on the cover of the Winnipeg Free Press, you are perpetuating this societal reality. The result of the cover is that people will be angry with the homeless people who are burdening us taxpayers. The reality is that we as a society have failed these people. We have not provided them with the support they need to beat their addictions. We have not distributed our resources in a way that helps them. I know that ...

Not only will it be my 34th birthday making me feel old, but I also had the experience of feeling old this weekend at YouthQuake at Briercrest. They always bring in some great bands, and the bands they brought in this time were some of our groups favourites. Family Force 5 and Disciple . They were so pumped! I have listened to their music a little, but when it came time for the concert and the music started pumping out of the mass of speakers so loud that my pants shook because of the subwoofers, my head immediately began to ache and I kind of laughed to myself. The antics on stage were sort of comical to me. I got in there in the mosh pit and had a good time, but the thing that made me realize that I was getting old was that I really don't like the music that youth like anymore (sorry to any of my YQ friends that are reading this)! That doesn't really bother me though, I really appreciated that they were having a good time, so I did too. Here is a video of some of it (mostly...