I was planning to move to another subject after my last post, but I couldn’t shake the uncomfortable feeling in the pit of my stomach. My thoughts were still focused on my concerns with our government and in my mind I could hear, very loudly and clearly, my father’s voice asking me “ What are you going to do about it ?” In my last post (not a rule of civility) I said: Canada likes to see itself as compassionate. We point to community generosity and empathy as evidence of our

Recently, the National Post posed a question that’s becoming increasingly common: Are food banks in Canada being overwhelmed because more people are in need - or because people are taking advantage of them? It’s a question that sounds reasonable on the surface. It’s uncomfortable, but it’s also incomplete. Because focusing on who is using food banks distracts from the more important issue… Food banks were never meant to be a permanent pillar of our society. They were inten

Working for God is never easy. Aubrey wiped the sweat from her brow and turned back to her camping chair in the shade where her water...