Reading Time: 3 minutes Just as technology can bring us together, it can also separate us
Author: Louise McEwan
Louise McEwan has degrees in English and Theology. She has a background in education and faith formation.
The unexpected gifts of a staycation
Reading Time: 3 minutes The staycation renewed my appreciation for the familiar and nurtured a more generous heart
Intolerance is the new tolerance
Reading Time: 3 minutes New tolerance demands that we accept either the most popular view or the view of the most vocal group or shut up
Cookies and the meaning of life
Reading Time: 3 minutes Cookies and funerals remind us that our lives are greater than our physical presence in the here and now.
Bah, humbug to the war on Christmas
Reading Time: 3 minutes In the interests of diversity and inclusion, society shies away from Christian manifestations of Christmas
Body image issues begin early
Reading Time: 3 minutes How we can help our children be comfortable and happy in their own skin
Language can calibrate a nation’s moral compass
Reading Time: 3 minutes From Abraham Lincoln to Martin Luther King to Donald Trump, America offers examples – good and bad – of the power of language
Tackling poverty and its impact on social and emotional well-being
Reading Time: 3 minutes Reducing poverty is not just about putting food on the table or a roof over someone’s head. But there are useful strategies
Scrabble’s surprising benefits, from the mundane to the profound
Reading Time: 3 minutes Learn new words, hone your math skills, employ strategy … calm the restless mind, learn patience and humility
The secret to a long marriage, Royal or otherwise
Reading Time: 3 minutes To make wedding wishes come true and wedding vows a reality for the long haul, spouses need to overcome the very human tendency to focus on the self