BACK PORCH STORIES
Set to the styling of Stuart McLean and the Vinyl Cafe
The Beginings
While sitting on the lake one summer, the Lantern’s Pastor Ed discovered the narratives of Canada’s beloved Stuart McLean and questioned why something similar couldn't be brought to a church setting. Why couldn’t ‘the sermon’ and ‘traditional singing’ be set aside, at least on occasion, and be replaced with meaningful home-cooked stories? Why not ask gifted musicians to assist with the story?So here they are. The Back Porch Stories. We hope you enjoy them and please feel free to give us your feedback.
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Christmas 2025 - Perfect Strangers
For 16 years, every BackPorch story begins around the dinner table, where Pete and Mary and their three rambunctious kids – Andrew (15), Betty (14), and Sharon (12) – experience the world from their Inglewood back porch. And somehow, after all this time, they haven’t changed a bit! .
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Christmas 2017
Opa Stanley
This was the 7th installment of Back Porch Stories and we looked into the life of Opa Stanley
Christmas 2014
Ice Hut
Peter gets in a bit of trouble removing a dock installed at his cottage on Christmas Eve before the locals arrive to experience a serene Christmas on the lake.
Christmas 2016
Unit 68
In the South Calgary Hospital Campus Unit 68 Pete encounters his long-lost cousin Ricky and is forced to grapple with some of his fears and regrets of a life gone by.
Christmas 2013
Stray Cat
Peter and his kids have been looking for their lost cat for weeks when they get an unsuspecting call from a man that might have some information on their lost cat.
Christmas 2015
The Cab Ride
Pete's cab driver tells him of his most touching cab ride story ever.
Spring 2013
Zorro
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Autumn 2012
Gazebo
Peter loves a good deal. But even a good deal can go bad and when it does it is Peter’s son that returns his feet to the ground.