The Voices of History
Memories are always personal. The same event can evoke different memories. The externals which are visible depend on the angle of vision. The internal ‘reasons why’ are hidden except to…
How Novels Can Entertain and Inform
One of my favourite pastimes is reading the novels of Dickens, Jane Austen, and the Brontës, and watching the films that capture the imagination of these novelists. They provide an…
The Practical Necessity of Rules and Laws
Deuteronomy 4: 1-2, 6-8 (RM) or 6-9 (RCL); Psalm 15; James 1: 17-18, 21b-22, 27 (RM) or 1-17 (RCL); Mark 7: 1-8, 14-15, 21-23. Rules. Law. The rule of law.…
An Option for the Poor
A Theology of Liberation In 1973, Peruvian theologian Gustavo Gutierrez’s ground-breaking A Theology of Liberation was published in English. This wonderfully erudite yet readable publication invited disciples of Jesus to…
The Rite of the Churching of Women
RM for Canada: Genesis 15: 1-6, 17: 3b-5, 15-16, 21: 1-7 or Sirach 3: 2-6, 12-14; Psalm 128; Hebrews 11: 8, 11-12, 17-19 or Colossians 3: 12-21; Luke 2: 22-40.…
Pale Pink Lipstick
Dana Thompson-Peladeau is the niece of Sandra Stewart, RNDM. She is married to Ryan and they have two children. Dana is completing her social work degree. This poem was a…