Is the job of a mom sometimes overwhelming? Don’t go it alone, talk to an email mentor. Chances are you’ve seen this performance on YouTube at some point. The original version had gotten over 11 million hits. Comedian Anita Renfroe penned the lyrics to “Momsense”, a humorous tribute to everything a mom says in 24 [...]

I was invited to see Courageous as a preview.  I was looking forward to seeing a movie, because I love going to the theatre.  The showing was scheduled for 10:30 a.m.  At 9:00 we got a phone call that the house we were planning to moving into in less than a week fell through.  We [...]

It’s one of those things that you may have considered doing but never actually got around to: Doing a family budget. Like sticking to a diet or keeping your office desk clean, it’s something a lot of us talk about but for whatever reason it never seems to happen. It may be finally time to [...]

Only 41 per cent of the province’s 2,252,104 eligible voters cast ballots in Monday’s election, a record low. "It’s rather exceptional," Peter Loewen, an associate at the University of Montreal’s Canada Research Chair of Electoral Studies told CBC News on Wednesday. He said the figure is the lowest turnout for a Canadian provincial election in [...]

Some consequences of the economic downturn are obvious, such as lost jobs and plunging stock market values. But others are more subtle but also important, as described in the article “High food prices threat to health” from the Toronto Star: There are “startling discrepancies” in the cost of basic, healthy food at grocery stores across [...]

In difficult economic times like these, it’s natural to search for ways to cut expenses and reduce the pressure on your family income. Among the many ways to lower expenses, the easiest may seem to stop making donations to your favorite charities. If we truly believe in what these organizations are doing, discontinuing our financial [...]

Tiger Woods comments on his blog, “ I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart. I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves. I am not without faults and I am far short of perfect. I am dealing with my behavior [...]

Although we might  hesitate to admit it, many of our beliefs and values are subliminally shaped by our culture. As Valentine’s Day approaches, it’s worth thinking about the ways in which our view of love has similarly been shaped … for example, in the movies we watch. See if you can identify the movies these [...]

When my children were first born, I did something radical. I didn’t really decorate their room. Part of it was a money issue; we had so little cash, and we were trying to save for a down payment for a house. I thought putting our money into an apartment sized washing machine would be a far [...]

Have you ever met a person who refuses to make decisions together? You might ask, “What shall we have for supper?” and the uncooperative response may be, “I don’t care.  You decide.” Or you say, “I’m thinking we might take a trip to the coast this year.  What do you think?” only to hear, “Does [...]