Essays

There is nothing you hear more in your twenties than the grievances associated with the path toward finding your purpose. Purpose, or the guiding l...

You won’t often hear me defending winter since it typically rips through my emotional and mental health like nothing else. So savour this message, ...

In my third year of university, I took a course that changed my life. I’ve spoken about it on here before, it was on sacred space and it opened my ...

Control and no surprises. I keep thinking about these two things. Control and no surprises. Sort of the same thing, I suppose. But these were my an...

I wasn’t sure when this essay would ever see the light of day, or the blank page of a Microsoft word document. I think in part because I was afraid...

The first time I saw a sun shower I thought someone had performed a miracle. Knowing little about clouds and climate, I had only the connection bet...

It’s that time of year again. We’ve been in the cold for a few weeks now and the winter has become something not only blatantly present but expecte...

  As a recovering ex-Catholic, morality has always been a present thought. Like most religious folks, understanding what it meant to be a good Cath...

As some of you may know, I spent the better part of November out west, spending time with family in Banff National Park, and visiting a long-time f...

 “Practice feeling longing without the expectation of satisfaction.”.  This is a phrase I’d written on a sticky note, taking note of the expression...

The fall equinox was last week, and I took no real care to notice the departure of summer. Well, I did, but like most things, I chose to ignore it....