Making a bit of sense of the rite of confirmation in the life of saint benedict’s table

Words from Frederick Buechner, on the great prayer of Jesus

Extending the conversations on when, where, and if faith and politics can meet

Colleen Peters reflects on Advent expectation and the challenge of pain

Steve Bell writes to the prime minister about the new crime bill.

A letter home from outtatown | Beth Downey

O n Saturday October 15, three artist from saint benedict’s table offered a workshop at the diocesan “Faith Horizons” conference. We recorded the workshop and edited it into podcast form, which you can listen to by scrolling down and clicking

Carol Thiessen asks some hard questions T he images of starving children in East Africa over the last few months got a lot of people talking about what’s causing the drought. Is it just normal climate variability? Is it a

T he Winnipeg-based writer Will Braun has recently published a piece in the  Canadian Mennonite called “Sunday is not a day for school,” in which he offers some insights (and raises some important questions…) about how we pass on the

O ur resident jazz guitarist Robert Burton offers a review of the documentary film Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage, making the case that rock musicians can be great players and effectively demonstrating that just because one loves jazz doesn’t mean