Reflections

This was originally posted as a column on the Grandin Media website. I would love to have an extra hour or two per day.  I’d have more time for things…

This was originally posted as a column on the Grandin Media website. People often question why God doesn’t seem to act in the extraordinary ways He did in the Bible….

This was originally posted as a column on the Grandin Media website. When I went looking for work in high school, I was fortunate to land a job at a…

This was originally posted as a column on the Grandin Media website. Forty-one years ago, the Church celebrated the inauguration of Pope John Paul II to the office of St….

This was originally posted as a column on the Grandin Media website. While I was born in Nova Scotia, and most of my extended family still lives on the east…

This was originally posted as a column on the Grandin Media website. The hardest part of learning to play the guitar is about the first three weeks or so.  With…

Charles Blondin is one of history’s most famous tightrope walkers, having crossed Niagara Falls on a tightrope three hundred times between 1859-1896.  Part of the attraction was that The Great…

This was originally posted as a column on the Grandin Media website. I’ve always had an appreciation for stories told in medieval settings.  From the legends of King Arthur to…

This was originally posted as a column on the Grandin Media website. When I began my first parish youth ministry job, the office I inherited had a plant.  Other than…