Opinion

I find the recent rise in anti-semitism deeply troubling. Exploiting that darkness to justify other forms of bigotry I find equally troubling.

Real talk, day in day out, the life of a high school student. We all know what we think about high school: stressful, tiring, boring, or maybe interesting and a social place to see your friends.

The song that broke forth from the otherwise voiceless Pauline Tan-MacNeill (our Feb. 23 column) has continued to echo in the lives of many of our readers.

Most of us have encountered that certain kind of person who can enter a coffee shop and, with a smile, move from table to table, speaking with someone here, listening to someone there, and filling the room with radiant, cheerful faces.

In a world increasingly divided and desperately in need of prayer this very hour, how appropriate it was that Cochrane churches ignored historic divisions to join together last Friday for the World Day of Prayer.

“Death is a part of all our lives. Whether we like it or not, it is bound to happen,” the Dalai Lama has said. “Instead of avoiding thinking about it, it is better to understand its meaning.