The Human Cost Of War
"Mom, I don’t want to die… There’s still so much I haven’t tried in life,” 8-year-old Katya Shyshkina told her mother.
Bob JonesNovember 27, 2025
Cold and Dark On The Inside Of Ukraine
Millions of people in Ukraine are facing darkness and cold this winter. From now on, many will have 14-16 hours a day without electricity or heat.
Bob JonesNovember 14, 2025
A War of Exhaustion
What do you with an exhaustion that compels you to give up but you know you can't? Tired Canadians explain their waning attention to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by saying that they are tired of this war. We paid attention in February 2022 and every so often when the media airs a clip about another massive drone strike on civilians. But for the large part, Ukrainians are "not my people, not my country, and certainly not my war." However, I also get asked questions like: How are Ukrainians hanging on? When will the war end? What kind of war is it? Timothy Snyder is an American historian on Europe, author, and professor at a University in Kyiv. He’s been in…
Bob JonesSeptember 17, 2025
Independence Is Responsibility
Independence is responsibility, hard work, dedication, faith, and friends.
Bob JonesSeptember 7, 2025
Nothing But Prison Bars and Concrete
A Ukrainian mayor and a journalist, held as prisoners in Russia for over three years, both spoke to their mothers as soon as they crossed into Ukraine.
Bob JonesAugust 28, 2025
9 Lessons From A Fight For Existence
Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, reflects on what this war has taught Ukrainians and the world about existence. His words are not just about war. They are about leadership, and the price of freedom.
Bob JonesJuly 31, 2025
The Freedom of Constraints
Could your best life be found in the freedom of constraints, not the freedom from constraints?
Bob JonesApril 3, 2025
God’s Daughter
My home life growing up was quite dysfunctional; I am the youngest of four, and knew from an early age that my mother never planned for a daughter.
Bob JonesDecember 5, 2022
Fear, Facts, Force: What Does It Take to Change?
Edmonton Public Schools Superintendent Darrel Robertson shared his reasoned views on masking, a divisive topic for several years now. What does it take to change human behaviour?
Bob JonesNovember 19, 2022