Oct 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
From Darkness, Comes Light -or- How I Learned to Love My Fate A personal, poetic response to Dante’s Inferno By: Luke Schulz This poem is written as a personal reflection on the relationship between Virgil and Dante I could never hope to approach the grandeur of The...
Sep 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
"The wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:2 It's amazing how a pre-conceived "framework" constrains how you understand a piece of text. For example, 2×4 is either 8 or a piece...
Aug 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
Compassion Not Criminalization: The Chronic Misunderstanding of Drug Addictionby Madeleine T. Canlis Madeleine Canlis The opioid crisis is at an all-time high, killing around 250 people each day in the US alone (USA Facts, 2024). While controversy ensues over the most...
Jul 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
Self-Effacement – What I am learning from a 6th century monk and a 20th century mystic. Philemon of Gaza Meditates Mark’s Gospel – edited by Daniel BourguetGravity and Grace – Simone Weil If you have not come across this contemplative treasure of the...
Jul 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
St. Dorotheos of Gaza "There are no ‘little things’" When God created man, he breathed into him something divine, as it were a hot and bright spark added to reason, which lit up the mind and showed him the difference between right and wrong. This is called...
Jul 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
6 June 2016Sahakarini[1] AGM, Camrose A Meditation on Power David J. Goa Members of Sahakarini, friends. When Gail Stolee wrote to me some six weeks ago and asked who I might suggest to speak on power, I responded with a number of names, including those in our midst...
