Books mark the many pages of our lives by Dr. Gerry Turcotte, President, St. Mary’s University I was recently tagged on a Twitter post in what has been called the Book Challenge. If invited, the recipient is asked to post a cover of an all-time favourite book, with no explanation or description of the choice. [...]

Resolving myself to a Year of Depth by Dr. Gerry Turcotte, President, St. Mary’s University It is fashionable for columnists to devote the first column of the new year to resolutions — those kept and those broken. For the record, I’ve done both. It is just as fashionable to review the year that was, focusing [...]

This story of devotion hinges on hinges by Dr. Gerry Turcotte, President, St. Mary’s University At St. Mary’s University here in Calgary, we open all our meetings with a reflection. Sometimes it is the university prayer, but often it is a meditation on a relevant issue, meant to support, comfort and uplift. The person who [...]

Selfies and looking beyond the lens by Dr. Gerry Turcotte, President, St. Mary’s University Recently I Googled the term “selfie” and determined quickly that no further research into the matter was needed. What I found were endless varieties of scantily clad self-representations, with very little analysis about why anyone would transmit these images about themselves, [...]

Like Sand through the Hourglass by Dr. Gerry Turcotte, President, St. Mary’s University “So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance—like the sand of the sea—that he stopped measuring it; it was beyond measure.” ~ Genesis 41:49 ~ One of the realities of the twenty-first century is an increased awareness that what might have once [...]

The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. (1 Samuel 16: 7 I have always been fascinated by film. Certainly the spectacle of celluloid is exhilarating, and there would be few of us in the Western world who could [...]