Sue Birnie writes from Ontario in Canada.

God Wants Your Body

Winter in Ontario and I couldn’t touch my toes. I was plopped on the kitchen floor, legs spread in a ‘V’ and hands stretched towards…

Time for Nothing

We each have a breaking point. I reached mine one recent Sunday morning when, just before noon, I realized that I’d been awake for four…

Holy Perseverance

Garry Wills was shocked. After the publication of his best-selling book Papal Sin , which documents recent papal shortcomings, Wills not only received the expected…

In Deep

The lake was warm. I dropped into the water and pushed off from the dock. I swam into the sunshine, floated, and waited for Steve.…