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Apology & Analogy
At last. An apology—from the Pope himself, standing on Canadian soil, on First Nations grounds. And yet…so many questions still linger,...
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vilmablenman
- Jun 21
- 2 min
Celebrate! It's Summer Solstice
Celebrate it! Today, June 21st marks the summer solstice in our northern half of the hemisphere. It’s the longest day and night of light,...
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vilmablenman
- May 24
- 3 min
Decisions, Decisions
We make them daily—monumental or inconsequential, from the moment we awake. Get up now or five minutes from now? Do I have a quick bowl...
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vilmablenman
- Apr 18
- 2 min
April--Arrival and Departure
In his ground-breaking post-war poem, “The Waste Land,” T. S. Eliot argues: April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead...
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vilmablenman
- Mar 16
- 2 min
Lent--Loaned Time
Yes, it’s the simple past tense of “lend” but when capitalized, the word, “Lent” denotes a liturgical season—40 days preceding Easter....
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vilmablenman
- Feb 8
- 3 min
My Black Church & Black Identity
As another Black History Month rolls in and rolls on, I’m thinking of the forces that shaped my sense of Black identity, thinking of the...
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vilmablenman
- Jan 4
- 3 min
Go for Goals!
It’s Day 4 of 2022. How are you doing so far with your goals and resolutions? I’m asking you this not because I’m a goal-setting guru or...
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vilmablenman
- Aug 24, 2020
- 2 min
Back To School in Covid Times?
School will be a strange new world this September with Covid-19 still in the air.
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vilmablenman
- Jul 19, 2020
- 2 min
Summer Reset for Mental Health
With the heat wave and patios opening, you’d think we are ready to wave goodbye to the pandemic and the anti-racist revolution.
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