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Author: Bruce Rickard

Reflections on Suicide and Staying Alive: My son's suicide changed everything. I felt an obligation to understand why anyone would want to end their life. My regular blog posts explore the causes and prevalence of suicide and what is needed to sustain a healthy mind and a hope-filled future.
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Standing at the Gates of Hope

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on April 8, 2017January 5, 2021

Victoria Safford, stirred by the events of September 11, wrote an article about ‘hope in…

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When Caring Isn’t Enough

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on April 1, 2017August 6, 2019

A recent article in the BBC News discussed the complex subject of murder-suicide and the…

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Dead Trees Talking

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on March 25, 2017May 23, 2024

It is a curious thing. As I walk along the Bendigo Creek Trail, I become…

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When is a celebration not a celebration?

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on March 16, 2017August 18, 2019

It is difficult to have a celebration when the guest of honour is absent. This…

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The Fear of Death

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on March 9, 2017June 25, 2021

There are few certainties in life, but death is one of them. We are all…

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The Grief of Living

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on February 24, 2017August 19, 2019

Martin Scorsese’s new film “Silence,” is an adaption of Shusaku Endo’s novel about religious persecution…

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Hope in the good times and bad

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on February 17, 2017August 19, 2019

Bad times happen to us all. There are circumstances that will break our heart. It…

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The Loss of Hope

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on February 8, 2017June 25, 2021

Charles Colson was a former presidential aide to Richard Nixon and founder of the international…

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Top Ten Reads in 2016

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on January 7, 2017August 19, 2019

Why read? Anne Lamott suggests, “Books help us understand who we are and how we…

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The Gift of Presence

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on December 23, 2016June 25, 2021

Whatever we might think about technology, the simple facts are, we can’t avoid it. Technology…

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Bruce Rickard

Reflections on Suicide and Staying Alive: My son's suicide changed everything. I felt an obligation to understand why anyone would want to end their life. My regular blog posts explore the causes and prevalence of suicide and what is needed to sustain a healthy mind and a hope-filled future.

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