We Know What We Have to Do (But Knowing Isn’t Enough)
Canadians are, apparently, shaving an average of six years off of our lives due to our poor habits and lifestyle choices. According to a recent study, “alcohol, cigarettes, lack of […]
Category Archives: Bar Conversations and Cheap Advice
The thing about Judas
The thing about Judas is, he was at the table. The night he betrayed Jesus, he was at the table eating with Jesus and his friends. The friends included a […]
Matters of Truth
The most boring question you can ask of any religion is whether it is true. So says Alain de Botton, philosopher, writer, and founder of an organization called “The School […]
Trumpism is here to stay (and how to deal with it)
The American elections take place tomorrow. Does that mean that the polarizing populism that breeds on people’s resentment and fear, that has emerged not just in Trump’s candidacy but also […]
Why do we get married?
Why do we marry for love nowadays? The peculiarity of this now pervasive social arrangement struck me as I read a fascinating historical novel this month, Augustus, by John Williams. […]
Signalling Virtue
The ability to interact online is a marvelous gift and one that, as someone who has been blogging for nearly a decade, I am immensely appreciative of. But to the […]
Vikings, Monks, and a Good Old Story
Of the the History Channel’s biggest recent hits has been the historical drama, Vikings, based on the legendary ninth century Norwegian, Ragnar Lothbrok. The History Channel has long been struggling […]
Question Time
There’s a scene in Canadian author David Adams Richards’ latest novel, Principles to Live By where John Delano, a washed up police officer trying to get back in the game, […]
What Are We Asking For?
A clergy friend and I were talking over coffee recently about how being in this line of work is something of a magnet for human pain. As soon as people […]
On Writer’s Block (sort of)
This last week has been brutal. Let me explain. I was in Wales on vacation (or holiday as they call it here in the UK) in a beautiful cottage on […]
Wondering Fair 