September 1, 2020 at 3:39 pm
Chaplain’s Corner Padre Oliver Edwards Action films have never been more popular. People stepping up and taking matters into their own hands, people dishing out violence in all kinds of forms from the cartoonish punch-ups of the Marvel films to the bloodbaths of the John Wick movies. People love it. It has a timeless quality, because it taps into a universal desire inside all of us: the desire to see justice done. In previous decades,Read More
March 24, 2020 at 9:15 am
Chaplain’s Corner The Courier invited 4 Wing Cold Lake padres to write about their thoughts during challenging times. Two chapels on base have been closed for services, but padres are available by phone. Padre Megan Jones Many Christians around the world are observing the Season of Lent. A time of spiritual reflection, confession and fasting. But like many of my Christian brothers and sisters, I never could have imagined this year’s Lenten practices would involveRead More
February 18, 2020 at 3:41 pm
Chaplain’s Corner Padre Marcin Rosinski First of all, what is trust? It’s a word we all know and use but what does it mean in tangible terms? Dr. Brené Brown quotes Charles Feltman, author of The Thin Book of Trust, who describes trust as “choosing to risk making something you value vulnerable to another person’s actions.” Meanwhile, distrust is deciding that “what is important to me is not safe with this person in this situationRead More
January 21, 2020 at 3:18 pm
Chaplain’s Corner Padre Andrew Whitman It’s Cold. So cold I dread leaving the nice warm ice-rink to go outside. The other morning, I left my keys in the office door for a minute to plug in my car and grab my bag, and the temperature plummeted to -40°C before I got in the door. As though the air itself rushed in to warm its frostbitten hands around the hearth fire of my pocket-temperature keys, andRead More