Mike Hickey – författare

From the preface:This book looks at virtue as "the power to do good" from the theological, philosophical, and poetic perspective. From a theological perspective: Long ago, Anselm defined theology as "faith seeking understanding," (f. 1) a definition which has endured to the present day. It would be difficult, if not impossible, for anyone to try to understand virtue or goodness without looking through some lens of faith.…Get Goodness was written, in part, because my own faith was seeking understanding.Second, this book will look at virtue and goodness from a philosophical perspective because the word "philosophy" (from the Greek philos + sophia) means "love of wisdom." (f.2)…As we will find in this book, the virtue of love has been understood by most theologians and philosophers before me to be the essence of each and every virtue. Therefore, we must first love wisdom before we are able to practically discern, distinguish, deliberate and decide prudently in any effort to understand how virtue is the power to do good.…Third, this book will be suffused with poetry….because poetry is a language that goes beyond logic, thought, and reason…. It is a language of the spirit and a language of human life, love, observation, and experience….Any poem is an attempt to try to understand the experience of the world and the universe around us in spiritual terms.None of us should be seeking virtuous perfection in orienting ourselves to the good in this life; we should only be seeking change. The journey is the goal.

From the preface:This book looks at virtue as "the power to do good" from the theological, philosophical, and poetic perspective. From a theological perspective: Long ago, Anselm defined theology as "faith seeking understanding," (f. 1) a definition which has endured to the present day. It would be difficult, if not impossible, for anyone to try to understand virtue or goodness without looking through some lens of faith.…Get Goodness was written, in part, because my own faith was seeking understanding.Second, this book will look at virtue and goodness from a philosophical perspective because the word "philosophy" (from the Greek philos + sophia) means "love of wisdom." (f.2)…As we will find in this book, the virtue of love has been understood by most theologians and philosophers before me to be the essence of each and every virtue. Therefore, we must first love wisdom before we are able to practically discern, distinguish, deliberate and decide prudently in any effort to understand how virtue is the power to do good.…Third, this book will be suffused with poetry….because poetry is a language that goes beyond logic, thought, and reason…. It is a language of the spirit and a language of human life, love, observation, and experience….Any poem is an attempt to try to understand the experience of the world and the universe around us in spiritual terms.None of us should be seeking virtuous perfection in orienting ourselves to the good in this life; we should only be seeking change. The journey is the goal.

Hunger. It's something that can stretch beyond the want for mere food, the need for nutrition. Hunger can be a craving only satiated by consumption.When two tour guides managing Newfoundland's most haunted museum on the most haunted day of the year must contend with a group of tourists looking to take advantage of their services, they find their roles usurped by a mysterious man whose descriptions and explanations of the exhibits carry with them a sinister tone.Following the bestselling trilogy that spawned the hit unscripted NTV television series that shares its name, TERROR NOVA returns with a bold new direction featuring thirteen terrifying short stories from Newfoundland's top talents, including returning favourites ALEX MCINTOSH & NICOLE LITTLE, along with series newcomers AINSLEY HAWTHORN (Land of Many Shores), TAYLOR BARRETT (Cover My Eyes), & ANDREW HAWTHORN (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles).

Granville is a place with a tortured history dating back to the 1940s when a mass murderer known as the Willow Woods Wolf Man went on a vicious killing spree, only to be captured on Halloween night, 1944. On October 31, 1955, he escaped and brought Frank and June Marsters to their grisly end.At least that's the official story.Now, a group of horror-loving kids break into the abandoned Marsters' house to get to the bottom of what really happened THAT HALLOWEEN.Expanding on the world he created for his award-winning short film THAT HALLOWEEN, Mike Hickey (TERROR NOVA) brings forward the rich history of the town of Granville and the Willow Woods that surround it.