The Value of Consistency

By Will Lowrey

Consistency: Conformity in the application of something, typically that which is necessary for the sake of logic, accuracy, or fairness (definition from Google Dictionary)...

Five Surprising Tips for Job Satisfaction

Bring Satisfaction Back to Your Job

By Beverly D. Flaxington for Psychology Today...

Happiness is…I see a lot of posters and posts on social media that try to address is question. I also hear a lot of people my age (55) say “if I only knew then what I know now…” What that “knew” is can be quite different, some are referencing the value of hard work or a simple life or charting a course to one’s own unique navigation...

Today is Labour Day. I get asked a lot how I manage to do three different jobs and keep all of my commitments. The short answer is planning. But there is a longer answer...

When Great Trees Fall

by Maya Angelou...

Why Some People Hate Religion

The charlatans and phonies preen and punish, while those of real faith do Christ’s work among refugees.

By Timothy Egan for the New York Times...

“Walking with My Black Dog”

By Greg Smith-Young – Delivered at Elora United Church in a worship service focusing on Mental Health

Psalm 13...

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger

By Glenn Morison of Winnipeg (Glenn is a retired United Church minister, prison chaplain and author)

This oft-quoted phrase is attributed to philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche...

What? God Doesn’t Give Us More Than We Can Handle?

By Patrick Vaughn, Husband. Dad. Presbyterian minister. Enjoys writing and blogging about the unexpected, the unlikely, and the overlooked...

Penance

By Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM

“Penance” for Francis was not some kind of dark asceticism, but it was a proactive free leap into the problem ahead of time. This man profoundly understood freedom...

How Guilty Should You Feel About Your Vacation?

And what can you do about it?

By Seth Kugel [Mr. Kugel is a travel writer for the New York Times]...

CoSA Canada

No More Victims – No One is Disposable

CoSA Canada is the Canadian national organization for Circles of Support and Accountability...

In 1981 James Fowler, a Christian theologian, published a groundbreaking book on the subject of human spiritual growth. The book is entitled Stages of Faith: the Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning. Fowler suggests seven stages of faith, starting with that of the newborn and ending with that of the fully spiritually developed adult, someone who sees God in everyone and everything (a place very few ever reach)...

The Gift of Failure

Letting our children struggle is a difficult gift to give.

By Steve Baskin for Psychology Today...

Top 7 Bible Verses About Welcoming Other People

By Grace Robinson

Our God is a welcoming God. God welcomes anyone and everyone. While He lived on earth, Jesus always welcomed anyone into his presence or to wherever he was preaching at the time...

Bitterness is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die

By Nathan Millican

bitterness...

What not to say to a parent of a child with a disability

Bringing God into it is not ideal

By Julie M. Green for Broadview Magazine...

You're Not Really Friends With That Internet Celebrity

Why you feel an illusion of closeness to your favorite online personality

By Jennifer Golbeck Ph.D. for Psychology Today...

The Magic and Mystery of Intimacy

By Fr. Richard Rohr

The Great Mystery unfolds even further. It seems that Israel’s God, YHWH, who is uncovering and exposing the Divine Self in the Bible, soon desires not just images or holy writings...

Naming Your Loss – Meeting your grief

Loss is one of the many things that makes transition so difficult. Grief is a natural response to loss, whether that’s another person or simply a part of our daily routine. While grief is an opportunity to process our sadness, many of us go to great lengths to avoid confronting those feelings....