Explaining The Absurd and Grotesque: The Rob Ford Phenomenon
The best lack all conviction while the worst are full of passionate intensity. William Butler Yeats, in The Second Coming
Jack Sproule: Spirit of the Trickster
Daniel Gawthrop’s “The Trial of Pope Benedict: Joseph Ratzinger and the Vatican’s Assault on Reason, Compassion, and Human Dignity” (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2013), excerpted in…
Epiphany Explorations 2014 Heralds Spiritual Discovery and Adventure
Excitement is growing as the twelfth annual Epiphany Explorations at Victoria’s First Metropolitan United Church approaches. Who hasn’t experienced fear around the seismic challenges…
North Island Indie Author Scores Novel Success
As a first novel, Disappearing in Plain Sight is a stellar accomplishment for Francis Guenette. This is no ordinary book; there is real depth…
Love Tenderly
LOVE is a tender vine that blossoms at a touch. Some receive so little, others get so much. For some it's hard to find, for…
Pope Francis and The Three Temptations of The Church
The church faces three temptations, according to Pope Francis: the temptation to turn the Gospel message into an ideology; the temptation to run the church…
The ‘Shadow Side’ as a Thing of Beauty
During her address for the Margaret Laurence Lecture at this year’s Writers' Union of Canada conference, Lorna Crozier shared what she believes is the only…
Interview with Margaret Somerville, Ethicist of a Public Mission
Dr. Somerville is the Samuel Gale Chair in Law, professor in the Faculty of Medicine, and the Founding Director of the Centre for Medicine, Ethics…
Roughing It In The Tusche
I had noticed with interest the cheeky cover photo; some Monday acolyte baring their bum to the world. There’s exposure and there’s exposure. Not perhaps…
Toward a Theology of Dissent in Catholic Education
It is good that we now have Graham P. McDonough’s Beyond Obedience and Abandonment, a thoughtful and scholarly presentation on the role of Catholic schools…