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I am a thirty-two year old Canadian residing in Toronto, Ontario. I have never been published nor been paid for writing...yet, so I guess that makes me an innocent amateur, or a fool - "Nobody but a fool ever wrote, except for money." said Dr. Johnson. I write

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Religion & Spirituality > Religious Concepts (Other) Should children be taught religion: 1 of 27
When I was a wee lad, my parents mostly every Sunday would pack us in to the rusting Buick wearing the best clothes we had to head for the church in our small town. I listened to the sermon (or more accurately fiddled around with the hymn book and looked around at all the other families, occasionally glancing up at the minist... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Spiritual Life Understanding fear: 2 of 26
I am sure that mental health professionals, psychologists, psychiatrists, Freud-saturated mouthpieces and hypnotherapists among others can (or feel they can) deconstruct and dissect all our fears and discover the pure root of all our pathologies and then help to dissolve them. I know this is an unfair assessment as I tend to ... More..
Arts & Humanities > History (Other) The sinking of the Titanic: Unavoidable tragedy or careless accident?: 1 of 12
I remember I was nine years old when I heard the news that the wreck of the Titanic had finally been found a few miles down on the north Atlantic floor off of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. It was this event that started my interest in the Titanic disaster and the subsequent mythology surrounding the great ship's first and... More..
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Survival: 2 of 9
Since I was a small chap I have always had a keen interest in stories of human survival in challenging environments and with major privation. I'm not talking about survival as a species, or survival of humanity. Assorted doomsday quacks and militant environmental scare-mongers have been doing that for quite some time. Let me ... More..
Arts & Humanities > William Shakespeare Is Shakespeare's writing incomprehensible?: 10 of 37
I believe all of us have had the same experience - sitting, bored silly, with a text of some Shakespeare play perched in restless hands, aware of some classmate trudging through some assigned passage, but not really listening. And then, someone raises their hand and speaks "Mrs._________, why are we reading this? Nobody talks... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture Non-Christians' chance in Heaven: 38 of 138
I do consider myself a Christian, based on what I feel to be the truth behind it. Great events took place in Judea 2,000 years ago, and we are still feeling its effects to this day. That being stated, to base your your entire world view perspective on every letter of every word of the Bible or more importantly, the New Testam... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture Humility and how it fits into life: 4 of 14
I am somewhat apprehensive to write on such a topic as humility, one must be truly humble to do so effectively. I consider myself sort of humble, maybe not completely humble, but as humble as one can be without resorting to humbling self-deprecation. Alright, enough nonsense. In truth I believe humility to be a truly good tra... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Self-Healing Best ways to deal with anger: 18 of 62
I am not a psychologist, nor a self-help guru, nor an enlightened spiritual teacher. Nor am I a pain-in-the-ass know it all. But like everyone else who has ever been born and lived long enough to be annoyed and irritated, I have felt the pangs of anger and all the glorious expletives that accompany it. So, I will humbly say a... More..
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Winter: 7 of 24
Ah, the beauty of a northern winter. The Northern Lands, stolid and serene, enduring eons of glacial tumult, they stand silently aloof from the mad, hectic south. Okay, that was my poetic opening, time to get to the point. I have always loved winter, it has always been my favourite season. And unless some personal Franklin Ex... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Ghosts & Paranormal Phenomena Believing in ghosts: 45 of 114
When I was a young buck I was fascinated by ghost stories and indeed any sort of other-worldly phenomenon that could not easily be explained away by science or reason. I would collect books on ghosts and spend a good portion of the night eagerly flipping pages, knowing that I was trying to scare myself but never really becomi... More..