The Tomato, Member of the Solanaceae Family
There is more to the story of tomatoes than The Purple TomatoTM which I addressed in my last post.1 Following are some highlights of growing this favourite member of the…
Among the Wheat and the Weeds
Reflection for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Wisdom 12: 13, 16-19 (RM); Psalm 86; Romans 8: 26-27 (RM) or 12-25 (RCL); Matthew 13:…
Do You Believe in Climate Change, or Do You Deny It?
I think all RNDMs no matter where we live – Canada, New Zealand, Laos, Kenya or Bolivia - believe in climate change, and not because we have studied all the…
Seeds of Hope
Reflection for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time A / Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Isaiah 55: 10-11 (RM) or 10-13 (RCL); Psalm 65; Romans 8: 18-23 (RM) or 1-11…
Our 15th Year Anniversary
Hear ye! Hear ye! God is within and ahead! The present moment is bathed in future! We are becoming digital missionaries in a future that is drawing us forward into…
The Wisdom That Gives Rest
Reflection for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Zechariah 9: 9-10 (RM) or 9-12 (RCL); Psalm 145 (RM) or (RCL); Romans 8: 9, 11-13…
Universe as a Communion of Subjects
About 25 years ago, I became familiar with Thomas Berry’s statement that "The universe is a communion of subjects, not a collection of objects."1 I have repeated that line like…
Aerial view of Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada
A Communion of Subjects
"Have you ever stood in a forest and felt that you weren't simply looking at nature—you were somehow with the forest?" This question was put to me recently, and my…
A Cup of Water, A Heart of Hope
Reflection for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Readings: 2 Kings 4: 8-11, 14-16a (RM) or Jeremiah 28: 5-9 (RCL); Psalm 89 (RM) Romans 6:…
Mary at Cana: A Sign of Hope
“Would it be outlandish to say that the mother of Jesus, in effect, gave birth to the first sign of who he was as divine? Birthed his public ministry? Accompanied…