by Junia Joplin | Dec 21, 2022 | Opinion
“What is your favorite thing to preach about?” a colleague asked me, catching me off guard. A moment earlier, I had been venting my frustrations about vocational ministry. The question came as a way of saying, “Ok, but why don’t we take some time to think about what...
by Junia Joplin | Jun 14, 2022 | Opinion
Parker Palmer once said that “to be fully alive is to act.” “I understand action to be any way that we can co-create reality with other beings and the Spirit,” he continued. “Action, like a sacrament, is the visible form of an invisible spirit, an outward...
by Junia Joplin | Dec 7, 2020 | Opinion
Do you enjoy a good debate? Can you engage in a long, impassioned discussion about which version of the Star Trek franchise is the best? Do you appreciate a nice back-and-forth about whether or not a hot dog is a sandwich? Do you have strong opinions about whether...
by Junia Joplin | May 22, 2019 | Opinion
Youth hockey is virtually a rite of passage for Canadian children. Just visit any of the country’s thousands of local arenas on a Saturday morning, and you’ll see bleary-eyed parents hauling oversized equipment bags, lacing up tiny skates and spilling coffee as they...
by Junia Joplin | Nov 16, 2018 | Opinion
It usually starts when someone detects a hint of my accent – “You’re from the States, aren’t you?” “I sure am,” I reply, proudly adding that I grew up in the mountains of western North Carolina and moved to Toronto from Richmond, Virginia. This information typically...
