Reaching Out and Saving Lives: Preventing Suicide
September 10th is World Suicide Prevention Day.
Bob JonesSeptember 9, 2019
STAR GIRL: TANIS POST’S STORY
Tanis Post fought for life, love, and the beauty of each day. Married for only fifteen years to Chris Post, they shared a romance that would fill ten lifetimes.
Bob JonesAugust 29, 2019
DR MARK TYNDALL: FIGHTING OUR WORST TENDENCIES
My cousin Mark is a big deal. A big, controversial deal. Mark is Dr. Mark Tyndall, one of Canada’s top infectious disease experts. He spent four years conducting HIV research in Kenya. His name appears on numerous papers in some of the world’s top medical journals. Many of those studies, completed during his 11 years at the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS in Vancouver. He is the Lead of Research and Evaluation for the PHSA Opioid Overdose Response Team and a Professor with UBC's School of Population and Public Health.
Bob JonesAugust 25, 2019
JUSTICE FOR SERENITY STARTS WITH ME
A four-year old Alberta girl named Serenity died on Sept. 27, 2014. When she arrived in hospital a few days earlier she was suffering from catastrophic injuries, including a fractured skull and starvation. She was hypothermic. There were signs of sexual abuse. A forensic pediatrician determined her injuries were inconsistent with a fall. There were repeated reports of abuse during Serenity’s care.
Bob JonesAugust 15, 2019
MAPPING THE SOULSCAPE OF SPIRITUAL PRACTICE
Michael Yankowski is a writer, aspiring theologian and an urban homesteader. He was also a burned out motivational speaker.
Bob JonesAugust 9, 2019
Brene Brown: The Conversation That Left Her Speechless
Brene Brown is the author of five #1 New York Times bestsellers including ones I've read: Daring Greatly, and Rising Strong. Their essential themes are the same. The path to a meaningful, loving life comes through a willingness to be vulnerable and a rejection of the socially produced shame that convinces us we, or our vulnerabilities, are not worthy of love.
Bob JonesAugust 2, 2019
SILVER DOG: THE LAST GOODBYE
Their deaths gutted our world. Each one passed away as a result of cancer and died in our arms. The associated grief was surprisingly intense. It was so intense that I was embarrassed I could feel so deeply about pets - Tammy... Sprite... Silver. They were Goldens and like family.
Bob JonesAugust 1, 2019
OUT OF THE PIT: DUANE MILLER’S MIRACLE
Pastor Duane Miller was forced to prematurely retire because of a virus that penetrated the myelin sheath around the nerves in his vocal cords. His speech was reduced to a raspy whisper. Doctors said the vocal cords were beyond repair. Three years later something amazing happened.
Bob JonesJuly 27, 2019
3 LESSONS IN COURAGE: TERRY FOX
Terry Fox passed away at the age of twenty two on June 28, 1981, but not before he ran into the hearts of millions of Canadians. Fpr anyone who has run a marathon - you know how it feels to push yourself beyond what you feel is possible. Terry ran a marathon everyday. For 143 days. On one good leg and one artificial one made of fiberglass and steel.
Bob JonesJune 26, 2019
SUPERHEROES FOR CHANGE
By day, he's a husband, father, practicing clinical mental health therapist and an RN by trade. By night, he "suits up" for Justice. He's Spider-Man - Superhero! Listen to Adam Klassen talk for even a few minutes about his love for helping people through Cosplay and you'll be caught in his spidy web of generosity. Cosplay And Superheroes Adam’s always been considered nerdy for his love of comic books, movies/tv, pop culture, digital and internet media and of course...Superheroes. In 2006 he attended his 1st big comic book convention (ComicCon) in San Diego. Adam, who attends North Pointe with his wife and daughter, was drawn into the world of Costuming or "Cosplay" and the creative individuals within it. Five years into…
Bob JonesJune 23, 2019