We know our neighbours. We intentionally try to be a part of our community (even in simple ways such as buying our milk from the same corner store). We ask ourselves how our faith values are embodied in our everyday lives. We speak honestly about why we live the life we do. Of course we… Read More Billable Hours
There are very few true parenting experts in the world. Before you disagree or feel the need to defend your vast wealth of parenting knowledge, let’s look at this. Most people share from their own experience, and even if their experience is far greater than ours, it is based on their own family. That makes… Read More The Easter Bunny, The Tooth Ferry and Parenting Experts
“What level of uncertainty can you handle in your lives?” is not the question you want to be asked when sitting down to a meeting regarding your future, but there we sat confronted by the unknown in the form of a question. In our experience, whenever we open the door of transition just to survey… Read More When Peace Kicks you in the Face and Makes no Apologies
In our opinion, human trafficking is one of mankind’s greatest acts of arrogance: to assign a monetary value to a fellow human being. We attended STAND, the Salvation Army’s weekend to end human trafficking, and want to share some of what we learned. Trafficking in persons is one of the fastest growing criminal activities in… Read More People, Pornography and Price Tags
Let me begin with a clarification to a question I have received a lot lately –Calcutta and Kolkata are the same place. I am not in some remote village with a name that is similar to that of the big city. Since India gained independence from British rule just over 50 years ago, the national… Read More Clarification, Contrast and a Pencil
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