Becoming a Saint in the Catholic church isn’t as easy you might think. There are strict criteria that need to be met before someone is officially given this title. It’s one of the most important honors a person can receive but not one that is given lightly as we saw with Pope John Paul II. …
As Easter passes us by, it’s hard to imagine anyone who would have thought that we would be in the situation we are in. Many countries and cities are going back into lockdown as they struggle to deal with COVID-19 variants and most are trying to ramp up vaccine delivery as quickly as possible, hoping …
Elif Shafak, the Turkish writer, talks about the three types of temples built by humankind: “those that aspire to reach out to the skies, those that wished to bring the skies closer down to the ground and those that did both.” St. Peters Basilica is one of the rare buildings that did both. Pope Julius …
As I waited for my turn, I was amazed at how busy the mall was. This was one of Vancouver’s biggest malls, and it was brimming with people despite the COVID-19 restrictions. Everyone was wearing a mask and maintaining their distance from each other. It reminded me that the death of retail had been greatly …
Steve Jobs started wearing his trademark outfit because he fell in love with uniforms when visiting Japan in the early 1980s. He felt that uniforms provided a sense of unity and community, but the rest of the Apple staff didn’t accept the idea. Instead of scrapping it, he adopted it for himself. Steve Jobs’s trademark …
We always heard about how fast our world was changing. Leaders needed to be able to make decisions quickly and within rapidly changing situations. Leading through uncertainty was just part of the job description. I think only a few people understood what this meant during the COVID-19 pandemic. Violent changes were happening daily all over …