Reading Time: 3 minutes Spirituality is part of human existence: we all have goodness within us, it’s liberating to forgive and there’s joy in love and service
Tag: Religion
Post-truth, the alt-right and the nativity
Reading Time: 3 minutes In a growing climate of suspicion and hatred, the scene at the stable can be an inspiration for more harmonious human interactions
Smudging ceremony crosses line into realm of the sacred
Reading Time: 3 minutes When a school begins to talk about cleansing spirits, it’s moving away from something that’s strictly cultural into the realm of the sacred
Parents are paramount in a child’s education
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian teachers and other do-gooders have attempted but failed to eradicate the worst social ills through classroom instruction
News anchor in hijab puts substance first
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ginella Massa’s impressive achievement marred only by a small number of offensive comments
The fine line between liberalism and intolerance
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Law Society of British Columbia crossed the line in its opposition to Trinity Western University’s request to establish a faith-based law school
Hospitals have no conscience, only the people who work in them do
Reading Time: 3 minutes Publicly-funded Catholic hospitals have no institutional claim to Freedom of Religion
Hunter Tootoo came clean about sin in a very public way
Reading Time: 3 minutes The story of MP Hunter Tootoo is about one man’s struggle to understand himself and to come to grips with, and then transcend, a troubled past
Yes Virginia, values do matter
Reading Time: 3 minutes To live in Canada successfully, the beliefs immigrants bring with them must be secondary to the values enshrined in the Canadian Constitution
B.C. author takes a different approach to spirituality
Reading Time: 4 minutes Paul Crawford draws on the wisdom of major religions to illustrate that spirituality is a natural human capacity for finding meaning in life