Life & Faith

Are my bosses and colleagues targeting me at work? It seems that whatever I do at work especially when registering patients, my colleague keeps on badmouthing about me to the rest of the team, even to my new manager.

I am a convert to the Catholic faith, and soon after my baptism I felt called to leave my career in finance to pursue social work as a vocation. As I have grown in both faith and practice, I have encountered genuine tensions, particularly regarding abortion and LGBTQ-related issues.

My partner and I have been together for three years, and we are Christians. We started with a commitment to keep God at the centre of our relationship and avoid sexual temptation.

I spotted my friend's husband behaving intimately with another lady. Should I tell my friend? Or should I confront her husband, who I am not close to? I'm afraid to make a mistake.

There's a guy in my church who keeps harassing the girls and getting overly physical with us. I'm told he has special needs, and I know that can be challenging to address. We don't want to get him in trouble if he truly has no understanding of social norms and appropriate behaviour.

A couple recently sought counselling for their "communication breakdown" and to "learn better ways of communicating". They found themselves fighting habitually, so much so that conversations with each other had become impossible.

My husband and I have been married for ten years. We are both Methodists. During this time, he has been abusive emotionally, verbally and physically. He has also been exhibiting aggressive behaviour and threatened my 5-year-old child.

I’d like to seek some pastoral wisdom regarding a friend’s fiancé. He is hesitant about baptism because he feels some baptism vows sound overly works-based and focused on human promises rather than faith in Christ alone.

Lately I've noticed that my teen daughter seems withdrawn. She doesn't like to do what she used to enjoy and she's less chatty. Her grades are not suffering and she is still attending her CCAs. How should I approach this?

Life and the game of golf share some parallels. In a typical 18-hole golf game, the ninth hole represents the turning point. This halfway mark usually sees players circling back to their starting point.

Some lessons in life are ones we want to learn. Others come uninvited and may even be unwelcome. Hard lessons can be painful but if we learn something from them, perhaps even they do have a silver lining. 

I am blessed with two sons, but I have a strong desire to have a daughter. As I am approaching 40, I am concerned about whether my physical health and emotional capacity can handle raising another son.