Nourishing Memories, Chapter 2: Schooldays By Graham Kings Primary School Mrs. Housley, my primary school teacher when I was seven, claimed she did not go to church because Jesus was rude to his mother, calling her “Woman” at the Wedding at Cana (John... Read More...
Throwback Thursday — “The Lord and Me”: Ninian and Martin of Tours By William C. Noble His strong hands gripped the dark wood railing of the boat as the gentle afternoon wind filled the heavy canvas sail above his head. The boat slipped quietly into the strong current of ... Read More...
Tradition and a Tree By Timothy P. O’Malley One of the great gifts of homeschooling — which our family began to practice during the pandemic — is time. We have time to wake up in the morning rather than rush out the door. We hav... Read More...
A Short Course in Suffering By Daniel Martins Susanne, my late mother-in-law, was a devout believer. Raised in a strict Anabaptist faith community, she left that tradition as a young adult over what she thought was an excessive legali... Read More...
The High Country By Dane Neufeld My wife and I recently completed the Skyline Trail in Jasper National Park, one of the great Alpine hikes in the Canadian Rockies. It is not an extreme adventure by any means, anyone who can ... Read More...
On Doubt and Belief By Jordan Hillebert The Church is not always great at dealing with doubt. We tend to swing between two extremes. On the one hand, there are some in the Church who are threatened by the slightest whiff of ... Read More...
The Marvel of St. Martin’s, Houston By Christopher Wells On Nov. 10, 1982, Vice President George H.W. Bush found himself in Red Square attending the state funeral of Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Communist Party. Alongside the vice... Read More...
The Eucharist and Revulsion By Jeff Boldt The pandemic changed all our Sunday habits. If you don't have four little kids, streaming a service could be a viable option. If, like me, you do have four kids, you gave up on that after they... Read More...
