Columns

You can be in a relationship for a long time and still learn new things about your partner over the years. Shocking things, even. 

The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…

Maybe you need the reminder as much as I do: there is good in this world. 

When someone was behaving oddly, my Grandpa Jack used to say they were they were “crackers.”

The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…

Recently, I was very fortunate to talk with the chaplain at Homewood Health Centre, Ram Kalap. We were talking about how he helps people reconnect to their spiritual side and I asked him about the difference between religiosity or religious faith and spirituality.

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner.

The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…

No offense, January, but in my humble opinion, you really sucked.

The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…

I was seven years old the first time I heard the album Bat Out of Hell, performed by the recently departed artist known as Meat Loaf.

The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…

I sit on the Suicide Awareness Council of Wellington Dufferin.

The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…

Never grow up. Never take yourself too seriously. Never accept the judgements of others who seek to change who you are, and never stay with someone who hurts you.