Apr 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
A Chankiri (or Killing) Tree at Cheoung Ek. Executioners beat small children against this tree before tossing them into the mass graves with their mothers. The brightly colored bracelet tributes in remembrance of children who lost their lives here. Written during the...
Apr 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
Attending St. Stephen’s University is nothing like I expected it to be. I knew it had a small student body and a history grounded in Christian values which, while I didn’t consider myself religious, I figured I could handle. What I’ve discovered since the beginning of...
Apr 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
“With Great Power”: the Existentialist Spider-Man in Into the Spider-Verse Writers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s newest release, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is an action-packed, deliciously aesthetic addition to the Marvel film canon. More than just a...
Mar 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
Everything has changed since my last blog. I have started writing this at least sixteen times as new thoughts, experiences and reflections arise. This won’t be the most coherent thing I’ve ever written but there is no blueprint for a blog post prompted by an atrocity....
Mar 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
I have reached my final resting place. I’m not sure I can take the grace. I’ve seen golden boats and shooting stars. I’ve burned myself with others’ scars. I want the world’s sorrow on my heart. Are these flames enough for rebirth to start? I’ve drank my full of empty...
Mar 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
As a chaplain who lives and works in Thunder Bay, I’ve had the privilege to provide spiritual care and grief counselling to Indigenous youth from Northern Ontario reserves suffering the intergenerational trauma of residential schools, including years of witnessing and...
