Columns

When I was growing up in Chance Cove, Trinity Bay, I decided I wanted to become a doctor. At the age of ten, I broke ...

The simple statement: “In the beginning God” (Genesis 1:1a) suggests at least three negative statements. First, it denies atheism. Atheism is the view that God does ...

Over the years, I have watched a lot of grandparents take their grandchildren to church with them. Often, they do so apologetically, saying, “If I ...

How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon. December is here before it’s June. My goodness, how the time has ...

The season of winter doesn’t officially begin until December 21st, but by late October or early November, we are beginning to feel the bite of ...

That’s something that I often wonder: what am I doing as the editor of a tri-diocesan newspaper? I’m especially thinking about it right now because ...

When I was a kid I remember watching sitcoms on Friday night. The original “Full House” was on in those days. I remember the first ...

Every once in a while I get a little smug. One of my offspring will randomly shock me with their awesomeness, and I give myself ...

More and more, I’ve heard people talk about ‘vocational priests’ as if this was the future of ordained ministry in Newfoundland. It’s time for that ...

I have had the sad experience this past summer of too many friends dying. At a wake, the question arose about dying without a will. ...