Made For More

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Emilie Callan

It can be difficult to get through winter in the city, especially when it seems all color has been sucked out of the landscape. Grey skies, iced-over trees, wet and muddy sidewalks, black coats, black boots, black, black, black, grey, grey, grey… these are not what dreams are made of. And, on the rare occasion when […]

Algonquin, interrupted

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Kris Dmytrenko

The disheveled man lurched along the trail, as if stumbling off the set of a George Romero movie. He wore just one hiking boot; the other ankle was swollen and purple. Half-naked—the wrong half—his bare legs were covered in deep cuts and two crimson, football-sized lesions. His wide eyes did not avert their gaze as […]

The Mysteries of Tom Thomson

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Matthew Harrison

Ninety three years ago today the body of Tom Thomson was recovered from Canoe Lake in Algonquin Park. The death of one of Canada’s most beloved painters is shrouded in mystery. The official word was that it was an accidental drowning. An experienced park guide and canoeist, many scoff at that ruling. They suggest murder […]

Lectio Divina offers a reminder of the difficulty of detachment

Friday, May 21, 2010

Lawrence Floucault

“Love people and use possessions, don’t use people and love possessions.” Those words from Archbishop Thomas Collins at May’s Lectio Divina. You can catch that episode this Sunday, May 23rd at 8:30pm ET, or the encore presentation Wednesday, May 26th at 8:00pm ET. This month the Archbishop focuses on the Parable of the Good Samaritan, […]