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Use your gifts

Use your gifts

As we go through life we are given many pieces of advice. Those which are most truthful tend to survive the test of time, and the best advice brings enduring happiness and a sense of peace.
Service central for the Scotts

Service central for the Scotts

John Scott, a recipient of the British Columbia Medal of Good Citizenship award, was born in Calgary, Alta in 1943.
Question your politics

Question your politics

I had the pleasure of attending the final event at UNBC's political week, which was called What Conservatives (and everyone else) Gets Wrong.
Meet the high-functioning addict

Meet the high-functioning addict

Dear Ann: Did you ever use while at work? I read your question and was shocked at the tsunami of shame that I felt. Even after all these years I continue to feel intensely horrible about this.I am loath to admit that yes, I used while at work.
Super drinks not that super

Super drinks not that super

While superfoods have been popular for awhile, super drinks are a relatively new trend.
Bible remains relevant in modern times

Bible remains relevant in modern times

Learning to read is one of the greatest gifts that a young child could ever receive. The acquiring of that simple skill awakens one's conscience to unimaginable worlds of reality and possibility. And so it was for me.
Diversity abounds within Catholicism

Diversity abounds within Catholicism

Halfway through Lent, it occurs to me that I have only focused on the "altar side" of the railing. Yet the overwhelming majority of us Catholics are neither ordained nor consecrated.
Proud of Linda

Proud of Linda

We wanted to let you know how proud we are of Linda's achievements in Bowling for Special Olympics at the Worlds in Abu Dhabi.
More church excuses

More church excuses

Re: Praying for the sinners and the victims, March 30. Another excuse for concentrating on the Catholic Church and not those victimized by the church.
Guns belong in the right hands

Guns belong in the right hands

I spent more than three years of my life in areas of the Americas safest from gun violence. We had no shootings, no armed rampages. Yet everyone working there was issued a gun. I refer to U.S. Army bases, at home and in Central America.