But for the Grace of God, There Go I…
This was originally posted as a column on the Grandin Media website. There’s a story of St. Philip Neri that describes the saint watching a criminal being led to his…
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Mustard Weeds?
This was originally posted as a column on the Grandin Media website. I’m not much of a gardener. When I worked at Holy Family Parish in St. Albert, there was…
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Should We Read the Bible?
This was originally posted as a column on the Grandin Media website. In 2018, GQ magazine published an article listing 21 classic books you don’t have to read, all the…
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Love People and Use Things (on John 8)
This was originally posted as a column on the Grandin Media website. The eighth chapter of John’s Gospel begins with what I assume must have been a pretty ordinary day…
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Finding Hope
This was originally posted as a column on the Grandin Media website. There are many days when working as a chaplain is a glorious experience. Over the next month this…
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Superhero Stories
This was originally posted as a column on the Grandin Media website. This weekend, the first blockbuster movie of the summer will be released: Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War. (In case…
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An OGRE To help you grow closer to God
The Following represents my talk notes from the closing keynote talk at the Prince George Diocesan Youth Conference on April 22nd, 2018 As we come to the end of our…
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The Sign of a Hero
Superhero movies are big business these days. While it seems like the stories of comic book heroes have always made their way into theatres, the release of Batman Begins in…
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Life in Third Place
This article was originally posted in March 2018 as a column on the Grandin Media website. It explains why my column was titled “Life in Third Place” and, more importantly,…
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Living in the Word of God
When I first got started in youth ministry in the mid-nineties, we used to perform a skit called “Weez Chickens.” The basic premise of the skit was that a speaker…