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…
Most Christians have good intentions. Most churches want to be safe spaces. We want to be a people of generosity, vulnerability, trust,…
This Sunday, we celebrate the Feast of Saint Francis, one of the most well known of all Christian saints. His radiant spirit was…
Showing Up in the StormThis past weekend I was with Craig in Santa Ana, California, for a Simpson University conference. The plan was to…
The Liturgy after the Liturgy Johanna came home today from an early morning grocery store run and told me about her encounter…
If I were to weave a rug, it would be one colour, bulky and uneven. It wouldn’t lay right on the floor.…
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” is an initiative begun in Zimbabwe to create therapeutic spaces in communities without professional therapists. Trained individuals, often grandmas, sit…
This past weekend I was in Sutton, Québec. Dom, Yvonne’s husband, had invited me to speak and officiate at her memorial service. Saturday…
I woke this morning to the barest whispers of a dream I could no longer see. What lingered from this dream was…