God is Invisible

God is Invisible

A few months ago, I made an eight-day silent retreat. Following St. Ignatius’s advice, I began my prayer trying to “see myself standing before God our Lord.” Sitting in silence with closed eyes, I tried to concentrate and see God before me.  Image after image slid...
Beauty, Arts, & #FaceMatch

Beauty, Arts, & #FaceMatch

With two simple questions, Google’s Arts and Culture App sparked a fascinating trend: “Is your portrait in a museum?” “Take a selfie and search thousands of artworks to see if any look like you.” The 2-year-old App began as an attempt to offer tours and artwork from...
12 Problems Trump Didn’t Start

12 Problems Trump Didn’t Start

Criticism of our sitting president has become commonplace. Though almost always accurate, such criticism is sometimes accompanied by an implicit assumption that things were virtually perfect before his presidency, all the while signalling one’s own progressivism (i.e....
Just Looking at You

Just Looking at You

A striking scene in the recent film Darkest Hour comes when Winston Churchill, in a particularly anguished moment, pauses his dictation of a difficult letter and asks about a photo on the desk of his typist, Elizabeth. She reveals that it is her brother, was recently...
Patience Must You Have

Patience Must You Have

New Year’s resolutions seem to fall clunkily in the middle of the school year – with the return to classes, assignments, and squirrely students, the start of the new semester can leave me a bit weary and jaded from frustrations of the first. Amidst my hope for a...