Opinion

Herb O'Driscoll

The donkey remembered

Herb O’Driscoll’s newest book of memoirs, I Will Arise and Go Now: Reflections on the Meaning of Places and People, was released Feb.17 by Morehouse ...
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Leading in a time of transition

I was born in Saskatoon, but I spent most of my youth in the southeastern area of Ontario. We lived predominantly in small towns and ...
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Lent: time for renewal

Lent comes from the French lentement, which means slowly. In Lent 2020, when COVID-19 was still new, I saw a social media post about how, “this is the Lentiest Lent I’ve ever Lented.” Little did ...
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Finding the middle way

My Journey is a regular feature profiling clergy in the diocese As the child of Italian immigrants in Winnipeg, I was raised Roman Catholic and ...
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Journey with my father

Herbert O’Driscoll’s latest book – and perhaps his most eagerly anticipated after more than 50 previous volumes – is a collection of autobiographical reminiscences, entitled ...
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Welcoming a Stranger

Remember to be kind To those who work for you, Endeavor to remain aware Of the quiet world That lives behind each face. Be fair ...
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Connecting religion with a need for justice

I was born and raised in small-town southern Alberta, with a United Church minister for a father and a United Church minister’s daughter for a ...
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A brief encounter

By late afternoon he came down out of the hills to a wooded valley. He noticed that the forest floor was tinder dry. Even this ...
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A New Year’s Prediction

Meeting challenges with tenacity and grace The beginning of a new year is often a time when prophets dust off their skills and try to ...
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How is our diocesan vision functioning?

Over the last couple of months, I have been reflecting with the diocesan council on the state of the vision. Our collective intention to be a renewed people ...
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Ansley Tucker

Kudos to stellar synod staff

It is often said that ministry is like an iceberg: 90 per cent of it is beneath the surface. In my role as diocesan administrator, ...
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