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The following piece was the first content to appear on our BrantAdvocate.com website. While viewed by thousands in that form, it has never appeared in our print edition. With this… Continue reading "Layton’s Core: A Love of People (Marc Laferriere, @MarcLaferriere)"
I have to admit, this is more of a story than an editorial. Sometimes there are just those things that I decide I have to write about, and this is… Continue reading "End of an Era (Andrew Macklin, @AMacklin)"
Extreme fatigue. Weight loss. Thirst. I was falling asleep in class, drinking huge amounts of water, and looking pretty skinny. At first, I thought I was just run down and… Continue reading "Finding the Balance Between Highs & Lows (Ryan Jamula, @RyanJamula)"
For seven years I have had the honour and privilege of playing the bells for Grace Anglican Church in downtown Brantford. I often stop to think about how many people… Continue reading "An Open Door (Ryan Van Dijk, counterpointchurch.ca)"
As a woman, I have always known that I am vulnerable to experiences of sexual violence. Fairy tales, warnings from my parents, story lines in movies and news stories have… Continue reading "Coping with Sexual Violence (Carrie Sinkowski, @CSinkowski)"
You probably read the title of this article and said : “What! Jesus is Italian?” Before you dismiss this claim allow me to state my case. First, his mother was… Continue reading "Jesus is Italian and so am I (Rev. Jonathan Massimi, @RevMass)"