I sometimes meet people who think I’m a little loony for believing that anything in the Bible is true. But I gotta tell you, this collection of 66 books written over centuries has got me hooked.
Columns
‘When it comes crashing down…’
Surely, most of us reading this paper today are familiar with Hulk Hogan, perhaps professional wrestling’s first mainstream mega star.
Leave behind only your footprints
A Canadian teen who scratched a name into a wooden pillar at a 1,200-year-old Japanese temple caused a bit of an international furor recently.
Don’t let the summer break you
It was 20 some odd years ago that I was sitting in a fitness and health promotion class at Brock University when I learned something I will never forget. Professor Kim Gamage asked us this: “How long does it take to lose the training affect?” What she was asking was, how long does someone need to st
All-Star Blue Jays checkup
Major League Baseball has blown through the midpoint of the season with games on pause this week, as stars head to Seattle for the All-Star Game. Figured I would risk a turf war with Mr. McNee over in sports and give a midseason report card on the bluebirds.
Hectic holiday kicks off summer ‘R and R’
It was pushing 11 months since I had taken a full week of holidays before escaping the office last week for a little R and R.
Hate crimes must stop
The stabbing of a professor and two students at the University of Waterloo in late June horrified us in ways that more serious attacks elsewhere in the world have not.
Letting God restore my soul
When I was a girl, I learned to get the work done first, and rest later.
Viewing an event through a different lens
A change in vantage point can really alters one’s perspective of an event.
The last of the word ‘stigma’ – I hope
In my last column I wrote about a negative word – “stigma.” Since then, I have thought plenty about this negative word. You see, since I have been diagnosed as having dementia in 2013, I have resolved not to use negative words and hope that the people of my neighbourhood treat me equally and follow
To boldly go where no one has gone before…
The loss of the sub Titan, and the five people aboard, during a voyage to the wreck of the Titanic, has raised a lot of questions about the commercialization of what many regard as the grave of the more than 1,500 people who lost their lives when the ship sank in 1912.
Bigger isn’t always better
Merger. For a six-letter word, it is a heavy one. It’s a word that, more often than not, leads to more harm than good for the two entities that are combining.
A local connection to Disney’s Main Street, U.S.A.
A few months back, my family was fortunate enough to visit Disney World’s Magic Kingdom.
Love thy neighbour
Those of us who are followers of Jesus are to love our neighbour as ourselves. So, why would Jesus affirm the Old Testament teaching to love one’s neighbour as the second most important command after loving God with all your heart, soul mind and strength (Mark 12:28-34)? What is the reason that Jesu
Happy Gilmore, Bell layoffs and writer’s block
One of my colleagues, on more than one occasion, has expressed their amazement to me that I can write an opinion piece every week.
