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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. ...

My granddaughter has recently had her first birthday. What a gift she has been to us, bringing such love, joy, and delight to our lives. ...

All summer long, I marvelled at the size and colour of the trees in Newfoundland. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the trees as green ...

He said, ‘Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.’ Now there was a great ...

As the saying goes, “Give a man a carrot, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach him how to grow a carrot, and he’ll eat ...

It is late July as I write this, and I am sitting on the deck of my cabin in Spreadeagle. The sea is calm, the ...

As restrictions lift, people get vaccinated, and concerns about the pandemic ease, life gradually starts to return to ‘normal’. It’s not too soon for some, ...