It started 4:30 am Wednesday morning. Because I knew it was coming, I had texted my sister the night before to tell her. She lives in another country. The conversation starts there.…
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About 2 months ago I started looking into what it would take to get my father committed. It wasn’t any one event that made me do this – just that finally, after years of…
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We were so innocent. When the Burnaby School Board began debating Policy 5.45, a sexual orientation and gender policy, no one I knew noticed or cared. You can read more about the policy here:…
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This is Hastings St, Vancouver, BC. It’s my favourite street. Today it’s raining and we’re walking to my bus stop. We see this sign: Hastings is upset that Marc Emory, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Emery, a pot advocate,…
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As it is the last minute before my posting deadline, and as all the other deep and serious topics I was planning to write about are still unformed, you’re going to get a list…
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Last week I had a Jehovah’s Witness knock on my door to talk to me about God. Which was funny, because just a few days before my 7 year old daughter had told me…
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In one state in Australia, christian chaplains are allowed to go into public schools and teach religion for half an hour a week. This fact has been the source of controversy and debate, in…