Safe Soil

Safe Soil

Paul’s kale plants are a marvel to behold. What might be less obvious, until you get closer, is the quality of Paul’s soil…

New Series this Sunday: “Safe Soil”

New Series this Sunday: “Safe Soil”

Most Christians have good intentions. Most churches want to be safe spaces. We want to be a people of generosity, vulnerability, trust,…

St Francis Sunday

St Francis Sunday

This Sunday, we celebrate the Feast of Saint Francis, one of the most well known of all Christian saints. His radiant spirit was…

Earthy Wisdom: Storm

Earthy Wisdom: Storm

Showing Up in the StormThis past weekend I was with Craig in Santa Ana, California, for a Simpson University conference. The plan was to…

Earthy Wisdom: Fauna

Earthy Wisdom: Fauna

The Liturgy after the Liturgy Johanna came home today from an early morning grocery store run and told me about her encounter…

Earthy Wisdom: Oceans

Earthy Wisdom: Oceans

If I were to weave a rug, it would be one colour, bulky and uneven. It wouldn’t lay right on the floor.…

With all creation…

With all creation…

This Sunday, we begin our month-long celebration of the Season of Creation, which is part of the wider season of Ordinary Time…

The Friendship Bench

The Friendship Bench

The “Friendship Bench” is an initiative begun in Zimbabwe to create therapeutic spaces in communities without professional therapists. Trained individuals, often grandmas, sit…

Celebrating a Wonderful Life

Celebrating a Wonderful Life

This past weekend I was in Sutton, Québec. Dom, Yvonne’s husband, had invited me to speak and officiate at her memorial service. Saturday…

Christ in mouth of friend and stranger

Christ in mouth of friend and stranger

I woke this morning to the barest whispers of a dream I could no longer see. What lingered from this dream was…