My Educational training includes a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Education Degree from the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. In many ways my vocation has prepared me for my career as a writer. I taught Senior High School English for thirty-five years. My involvement in Parish work included catechetical instructions over the same period of time. Spiritual training included a three-year theological program (the equivalent of a deaconate program) which included Lay-Presiding and Homiletics. As a writer, I have published poems, short stories and some 2000 articles in more than fifteen newspapers over the past twenty-three years, reaching over 65,000 readers. Testimonials From an Editor “I truly feel your column ads a great deal to our paper. It is much appreciated.” Ed Doering Editor Roblin Review Manitoba 

Columnist In one of her regular columns she writes: “One of the brights of my day every Wednesday is Ken Rolheiser’s Pause for Reflection. ‘It is a breath of fresh air’ [from a letter]. Thank you for your spiritual words of wisdom.” Judy Sorestad, Buchanan, Saskatchewan 

Calgary Reader “I have always been an avid reader of your column Pause for Reflection. It is a first and a must when I receive my Canora Courier here in Calgary. “A Time to Weep” [article] was a great comfort to me and I’m sure to anyone who read it. I read it over time and time again.” Josephine (Kowalchuk) Lampel, Calgary, Alberta

North Dakota Reader “I’ve read and enjoyed Pause for Reflection — in fact a couple of thoughts by Ken Rolheiser from this week I’ll be transplanting in a funeral message this afternoon.” Pastor David Roehl United Methodist Church Hettinger ND