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Let This Darkness Be a Bell Tower
Bara Cross (From Sonnets to Orpheus II; translation by Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows) Quiet friend who has come so far, feel how your breathing makes more space around you. Let this darkness be a bell...
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Like Sand Through the Hourglass
“So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance—like the sand of the sea—that he stopped measuring it; it was beyond measure.” ~ Genesis 41:49 ~ Nathan Dumlao One of the realities of the twenty-first...
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The Sharing Economy: What is it, and where is it taking us?
Elaine Casap Sharing is certainly not a revolutionary new idea. People have been sharing their food, possessions and homes with family and friends for eons. The Sharing Economy has taken an old concept...
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A Millennial (and Friends) Rethink Rural
When I graduated from Ilwaco High School in a class of 69 students, the resounding message was “Do well in school. Do everything you can to get into college. Get out of this town. Be successful, and...
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A Conversation with Barbara Brown Taylor
Barbara Brown Taylor. Photo by E. Lane Gresham. Barbara Brown Taylor is an Episcopal priest, teacher, and bestselling author of fourteen books on religion and spirituality, including Leaving Church, An...
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Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World by Pema...
Shambhala Publishing October 2019 Pema Chödrön. Photo by Christine Alicino. Pema Chödrön is an American Tibetan Buddhist and best-selling author of over 20 books. I first came across the beloved...
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Life Together: Surviving and Thriving With Others
The Society of St. John the Evangelist Monastery in Cambridge, Mass. A guest at our monastery asked what is most challenging about being a monk. One of my Brothers responded, “The monks!” That’s rather...
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A Splendid Space
The following is an excerpt from the latest book written by Mary Jo Leddy – theologian, author, activist, and founder of Romero House, a centre for refugees in Toronto. Why Are We Here? A Meditation on...
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Your Brain and Singing: Why Singing in a Choir Makes You Happier
Jaime Babbitt Any of us who have sung in choirs know all too well the joy it brings not just the audiences, but also the choir members themselves. And why wouldn’t it? When we raise our voices with...
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This Moment, Yearning and Thoughtful
This moment yearning and thoughtful, sitting alone, It seems to me there are other men in other lands, yearning and thoughtful; It seems to me I can look over and behold them, in Germany, Italy,...
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A Conversation with Ron Rolheiser, OMI
Known for his humour, candor and wisdom, Ron Rolheiser is a sought-after speaker in the area of contemporary spirituality. He grew up in a large, loving family on a farm in Saskatchewan, and was...
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A Faith Both Constant and Evolving
One idea that I’ve heard several Catholics express is that the Catholic faith never changes. We belong to a faith with more than 2,000 years of history that follows tradition and beliefs set down...
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Breakfast with Brian
Brian Doerksen For Christians from a variety of traditions and places, many of singer/songwriter Brian Doerksen’s songs are lodged deeply in our hearts. They’re like familiar, welcome signposts along a...
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The Calgary Alliance for the Common Good
Some wonderful interfaith and community-supported justice and service ministries have been emerging in the city of Calgary recently. We Christians have an opportunity to work with and serve many people...
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Poem for a Winter Solstice
Photo by Kacper Szczechla One morning you raise the east window blinds and there is the sun, hunched on the horizon, doing its best to break free, shunting aside a few clouds as it hoists itself in...
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Why I Need Advent
Photo by Phil Hearing Dear God, I need Advent. I need the lights flickering in the darkness, the purple and pink against the wreath of green. I need the swollen belly of Mother Mary, her patient,...
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Our Musical Pilgrimage to India: Leaps, Lessons and Love
“If you go to India for a week, you feel you can write a book. If you go to India for a month, you feel you can write a magazine article. If you go to India for a year, you are speechless.” – Dr Ratna...
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A Conversation with Fr. Robert Mitchell, OFM
Fr. Bob Mitchell Fr. Bob, as he is fondly known, is a member of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans). He came to western Canada in the 1970s, and lived and worked first at St....
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We Are Not What We Remember
Four years ago, my mother had a stroke. She now has vascular dementia, which is not exactly the same as Alzheimer’s. There is a tendency to lump all dementias together, but there are actually several...
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The Good Part
After a head-on collision with a transport truck in December 2004, having just finished my last bit of touring for the year, I was left with debilitating back pain and an uncertain future. I had...
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