Pope Francis–unfettered gospeller
There are rumours that Pope Francis sneaks out of the Vatican at night, dons cap and fake goatee, and hangs out on the streets of Rome giving alms to the poor. ...
Category: Hope
Lamentations and poetry’s high calling
Perhaps it’s this illness, but my mind is a windowless basement. At the moment, a bit feverish, pallid, shaky—on the broader realm, the memory for spellin...
Hope Mission Day and a day in history
Consider this: it’s 1930-something, you are running a little shelter in Edmonton, in the middle of what will become known as the Great Depression. Thousan...
Today in Beaver Hills Park I meet Patrick
By chance, somewhere in the inner-city, every few weeks, I meet Patrick. Today I meet him in Beaver Hills House Park. He’s walking to get cigarettes befor...