Here we are, just shy of thirty years writing this column, started on a whim, as a sidebar to a career teaching secondary school physics and computer science, and with … Continued
At our local Langley Indigo bookstore, there are two tables conveniently festooned with a variety of items that Dad apparently would want for Father’s Day. I’m always interested in these … Continued
In the Acts of the Apostles, the conversion of Cornelius is a very important event. Father William Kurz notes, “like the triple telling of Saul’s conversion (in Acts 9 and … Continued
“I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him…He must increase, but I must decrease.” John 3:27-30 The Solemnity of the Nativity of John the Baptist (June … Continued
13th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year AFirst Reading: 2 Kgs 4:8-12a, 14-17Second Reading: Rom 6:3-4, 8-11Gospel Reading: Mt 10:37-42 Unless we love Jesus more than father or mother, son or … Continued
God silenced Zechariah, the father of St. John the Baptist, when the elderly priest doubted how he and his wife, the aged Elizabeth, would bear a child. The temporary lack … Continued
As the second week of the 2026 FIFA World Cup (WC) approaches, we have already had interesting results. Canada scored its first World Cup goal on home soil, the United … Continued
At a time when it would appear that Canadian patriotic fervour is at a peak, it is totally appropriate that Vancouver’s Arts Club (in conjunction with its Edmonton counterpart) should … Continued
The school year draws to a close, and with it comes the celebration of our little domestic school’s first year of operation. We had one grade, kindergarten, and one student, … Continued
The conversion of Cornelius in Acts 10 is the story of how God dismantles human boundaries. Cornelius is a Roman officer, uncircumcised and outside the covenant, who prays at the … Continued