2014 columns
Memories of Stoney feast, dancing, and meaning of the manger
December 23, 2014
Cochrane coffee companion treks the Annapurna Circuit
December 18, 2014
Goal of spiritual life: habits of compassion and justice
December 11, 2014
Who has claim to values of justice, mercy, humility and love?
December 4, 2014
Avalanche teaches mountain guide lessons in mentschhood
November 27, 2014
On being a mentsch when what we say and do has consequences
November 20, 2014
After the poppy, then what? A Remembrance Day postscript
November 13, 2014
Even in war hate need not prevail, says Cochrane author
November 6, 2014
Chris Hadfield earns praise for signing student’s guitar
October 30, 2014
Malala a rainbow of hope for right of girls to education
October 23, 2014
Rainbows, the forest, white light, and unity in diversity
October 16, 2014
Our coffee companions raise me up: a Thanksgiving tribute
October 9, 2014
Bethany Cochrane brings wisdom and class to Outhouse Races
October 2, 2014
Welcome-back tribute to glorious Autumn in word and image
September 25, 2014
Man of goodwill a victim of terrorist assault in Calgary
September 18, 2014
What will it be? Inspiration? Canine recreation? Romance?
September 11, 2014
Roadside beauty invites us to open hearts to humble places
September 4, 2014
The raspberry ruby: seeing beauty in sacred serendipity
August 28, 2014
Wildlife photographer exchanges looks with wide-eyed owls
August 21, 2014
A hummingbird lesson on comforting the grieving after suicide
August 14, 2014
Sunset whispers words of love to grieving Stoney Nation
August 7, 2014
How to respond when a name becomes a disparaging epithet
July 31, 2014
Readers differ on labelling ethnic and national identities
July 24, 2014
Life beyond labels: Indians? Aboriginals? First Nations?
July 17, 2014
Stampede days in Cochrane a friendly, tasty, cheery time
July 10, 2014
Vacation Bible School sowed seeds for my love of Scripture
July 3, 2014
Make time for each other while still this side of grave
June 26, 2014
A physician’s grave illness brings two brothers together
June 19, 2014
MacDonald-Smith ‘perfect in every way’ in Mary Poppins
June 12, 2014
Shadows and reality: embracing eternity in space and time
June 5, 2014
The silence of the sun: embracing beauty in life’s shadows
May 29, 2014
An orchid, Alzheimer’s, and the affirming power of beauty
May 22, 2014
What a little bird told me about confronting Alzheimer’s
May 15, 2014
When Mom doesn’t know us anymore: Alzheimer’s other victim
May 8, 2014
Bigland’s life-enlarging legacy recalls reader’s Camino
May 1, 2014
How about enlarging the lives of our amazing baristas?
April 24, 2014
The cross, the crocus, and the greatest story ever told
April 17, 2014
The agony, the ecstasy: two memories of the winter of 2014
April 10, 2014
Priest overcomes hate in quest for authentic spirituality
April 3, 2014
Farewell to a friend full of wisdom, wonder and adventure
March 27, 2014
Hanson Bearspaw was like a grandfather to photographer
March 20, 2014
Sitting Wind links Morley artist and Boston bluegrass fan
March 13, 2014
Readers see wisdom of grandparents in Rollinmud painting
March 6, 2014
Rollinmud painting recalls lesson at grandfather’s side
February 27, 2014
So, what do the Olympics have to do with the afterlife?
February 20, 2014
Frogs, streets of gold, and more views on the afterlife
February 13, 2014
Readers respond on heavenly thoughts for earthly living
February 6, 2014
How do views on afterlife affect life this side of grave?
January 30, 2014
Passion, patience, purpose and life’s ‘inner yearning’
January 23, 2014
Passion allows panelist to know that she, too, is alive
January 16, 2014
Panel addresses purpose-filled living through imagination
January 9, 2014
Cochrane lecturer celebrates the legacy of C. S. Lewis
January 2, 2014