Tag Archives: church signs

Gardening for God

by | July 3, 2015

The authors of church sign slogans are either getting desperate for inspiration, or their ideas are just absurd. This sign at Saint Luke’s Anglican Church in East City (Peterborough), Ontario is a good example: I suspect someone is watching to see who’s reading the sign because on the other side is this message:

Rewriting an English Idiom

by | October 1, 2014

The Elim Family Worship Centre in Peterborough, Ontario has rewritten the English idiom An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. and ignores the warning Ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun is the number-one cause of skin cancer. Sunscreen protects our skin from the the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) light; a healthy dose of… Read more »

Rewriting a Yiddish Proverb

by | September 19, 2014

The Elim Family Worship Centre in Peterborough, Ontario has a tendency to borrow and rewrite phrases that are more familiar in their original form. The most recent example is this sign The inspiration for the Elim Family Worship Centre’s latest directive is a Yiddish proverb: “Der mentsh trakht un Got lakht.” Translated as “Man plans… Read more »