We are calling Canada to rally together for mental health, especially after all that Covid has brought. Don't miss this year's Let's Talk Hope conference NATION WIDE online on Bell Let's Talk Day, January 28, 2021 (more…)
Bob JonesDecember 17, 2020
Brave Dreamers sounds like a tribe you’d want to join. After all, doesn't everyone want to be known as a brave dreamer? The chief dreamer in this tribe is Connie Jakab of Calgary. Connie is brave and likeable. How can you not like someone who holds up sparklers as an expression of her personality? She does heart work. (more…)
Bob JonesDecember 16, 2020
One of the biggest mental health issues I see on a regular basis isn’t depression or anxiety. According to Dr Merry Lin, "Its people who are languishing. Languishing is not the presence of mental illness; it’s the absence of mental and emotional vitality." It’s the "winter of your soul." (more…)
Bob JonesDecember 14, 2020
You and I may disagree on what or who is beautiful, but we can agree there is beauty all around us. You don't have to look far or hard to see it. (more…)
Bob JonesDecember 13, 2020
Around 5 AM on Saturday December 5, 2020, alarm bells rang out to the New York City Fire Department. There was a fire at the corner of 48th East and 7th St. The fire department was on the scene three minutes later, but it was too late to save the beautiful sanctuary of Middle Church. (more…)
Bob JonesDecember 9, 2020
John Lennon, the “smart Beatle,” is considered one of the biggest influences on culture of the past century. He was on a search for meaning. (more…)
Bob JonesDecember 8, 2020
The criminalization of people who use drugs creates violence, destroys communities and ruins people’s lives, often for good. Criminalization puts the responsibility and blame for drug use firmly on the backs of individuals most at-risk. (more…)
Bob JonesDecember 2, 2020
I'm not crying. You are. Coca-Cola released a new Christmas commercial that will melt your heart even if you drink Pepsi. (more…)
Bob JonesNovember 28, 2020