An Attitude of Gratitude
"Trying to decide what you are thankful for can be a challenge but it can also help you come out of whatever emotional or spiritual darkness you have been in, into a place of hope."...
07
Aug
06
Aug
“It’s all happening at the zoo. I do believe it. I do believe it’s true.”
"The bison, the elks, the wolves, and even Simon the fox looked particularly shaggy, all seeming a little uncomfortable wearing the remains of winter fur in the 25 C heat."...
03
Aug
Lessons From The Pandemic
"Is this dangerous crisis the needed opportunity to reflect, to re-examine, and to accept and embrace necessary change?"...
02
Aug
Teach me to Listen – Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
" have found myself using the lines of a poem over and over in my ongoing dialogue with self. If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs … That’s from Rudyard Kipling’s If:"...
01
Aug
Like a Thief in The Night
"The term “new norm” has demonstrably taken on for me a few unexpected implications - not the least of which is tied to the acknowledgment of my own mortality! "...
30
Jul
Covid: Up Close and Parochial
"A medical response that sickens the ecosystem with waste can only be a desperate emergency measure, not a sustainable procedure."...
27
Jul
Has Liberal Theory Failed us?
" I encourage everyone to reflect on their own prejudices and biases that help to perpetuate and normalise the systemic oppression of racialised persons in society and within our Church."...
25
Jul
Empathy in The Time of Covid-19
Empathy " is . . the ability to understand and share the feelings of another within their frame of reference. It is the capacity to place oneself in another’s position."...
22
Jul
20
Jul
Canada’s Bishops, Clerical Sexual Abuse and the Future
"Some parts are obvious, such as obey the law, while many are more visionary and aspirational because of their focus on transparency, accountability and conversion."...