Questioning Faith
Mary Marrocco · April 3, 2026
We’re poor, we humans walking the earth. We’re nothing in the vast universe, and can keep nothing. If God forgot us, even for a micro-second, we wouldn’t exist.
‘Wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranate, olives and honey’
Donna Fagan · April 2, 2026
The microbes in your gut are unseen, but these invisible players are key contributors to your well-being.
Church on the Street
Dcn. Robert Kinghorn · April 2, 2026
I crossed over to a small plaza that is often the arena for dispute resolution among waring parties. It was unusually quiet and as I approached, the man walking towards me shouted out.
Barefoot and Preaching
‘I never walk alone’
Leah Perrault · April 2, 2026
In these last months, I have been walking alongside some big transitions that are more adjacent to me than truly mine.
Quinton Amundson · April 1, 2026
Noah got drunk. David had an affair. Thomas was a doubter. Paul was a murderer. Moses had a stutter.
Editorial
March 29, 2026
Biologist Paul Ehrlich’s 1968 book prophesying that human apocalypse was at hand bombed in all its predictions. Still, it left behind political and cultural craters that bedevil us still.
Figure of Speech
Love Thy Neighbour?
Gerry Turcotte · March 29, 2026
Canada has a troubling habit of creating policy that unintentionally harms its own interests. Decisions are often made to address legitimate concerns, but without sufficient attention to their wider economic and social consequences. We have seen this in inter-provincial trade barriers, restrictions on resource development, and most recently in federal policy limiting international student enrolment in Canada’s post-secondary system.
Joseph Woodard · March 29, 2026
Travelling recently, we stopped at a local parish where the walls are draped with a score of banners, encouraging virtues like generosity, toleration, service, and friendliness. My gut-reaction was that all those virtues are cheerfully embraced by socialists.
André Escaleira · March 26, 2026
It was a quiet Saturday afternoon. I found myself in my parish's chapel, yelling at God, angry at him for calling a dear friend to move away. Between tirades came a reply that echoed in the silence.
The Mustard Seed
Glen Argan · March 26, 2026
Over the past year, Prime Minister Mark Carney has become a politician. It is galling to see the former member of a parish social justice group so reserved about condemning an unprovoked war.
