Unbearable: My Lifelong Experience with Bears
In a way I feel I have grown up with bears. Ever since early childhood, they have been somewhere in my life. The first time I saw a bear was…
Reflection for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time B / Pentecost 10
2 Kings 4: 42-44; Psalm 145; Ephesians 4: 1-6 (RM) or 3: 14-21 (RCL); John 6: 1-15 (RM) or 1-21 (RCL). Oh I remember this one. For some odd reason…
Discoveries on the High Line
“Have you walked the High Line yet?” This question kept coming back to me and my companion in community when we first found ourselves living in New York City. The…
Reflection for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time B / Pentecost 9
Jeremiah 23: 1-6; Psalm 23; Ephesians 2: 13-18 (RM) or 11-22 (RCL); Mark 6:30-34 (RM) or 30-34, 53-56 (RCL). Don’t you just hate cliffhangers? It’s the last episode of the…
Exploring Green Spaces: Dr Michael Mosley
Recently, the people throughout the UK, Ireland and across the world have been shocked and saddened by the sudden and untimely death of Dr Michael Mosley, a well-known author, broadcaster…
Reflection for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time B / Pentecost 8
Amos 7: 12-15 (RM) or 7-15 (RCL); Psalm 85; Ephesians 1: 3-14 (RM and RCL) or 3-10 (RM); Mark 6: 7-13 (RM) or 14-29 (RCL). One wonderful result of the…
Working With Others to Care for Creation
In the 1850s, settlers from the United Kingdom thought it would be a good idea to introduce Australian possums to New Zealand. What a disaster that has been. (They also…
Reflection for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time B / Pentecost 7
Ezekiel 2: 3-5 (RM in Canada), 2-5 (RM in the U.S.) or 1-5 (RCL); Psalm 123; 2 Corinthians 12: 7-10 (RM) or 2-10 (RCL); Mark 6: 1-6 (RM) or Mark…
Gardening ABCs: B is for Brassicaceae Part 2
The Brassicas are “cool season” vegetables. Like lettuce, they grow best and taste best before or after the hottest part of our summer. Wait until after the first light frost…
Gardening ABCs: B is for Brassicaceae Part 1
Introducing the Brassicas This family has many names: Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, cabbage or cole family. I was intrigued to learn that the name Cruciferae is used because flowers of these plants…