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The Importance of Touch

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:April 5, 2024
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Acts 4: 32-35 (RM) or Acts 3:32-35 (RCL); Psalm 118 (RM) or 133 (RCL); 1 John 5: 1-6 (RM) or 1 John 1:1-2:2 (RCL); John 20: 19-31. I think most…

The World in Our Eyes

Post author:Veronica Dunne
Post published:April 1, 2024
Post category:Easter Reflections
Post comments:5 Comments

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker recounts a moment in her life when she was 8 years old and one of her brothers shot her in the eye with a BB…

Death and Renewal of Creation

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:March 29, 2024
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Isaiah 50: 4-7 (RM) or 4-9a (RCL); Psalm 22 (RM) or 31 (RCL); Philippians 2: 6-11 (RM) or 5-11 (RCL); Mark 14:1 – 15:47. It can feel like too much…

Patrick and the Whale: A PBS Nature Documentary

Post author:Bonnie Dickie
Post published:March 25, 2024
Post category:Animals Whales
Post comments:2 Comments

The other evening my favourite television channel PBS broadcast a documentary called Patrick and the Whale. The documentary follows marine videographer Patrick Dykstra as he searches for a particular whale…

The Woman Who Anointed Jesus

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:March 21, 2024
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Isaiah 50: 4-7 (RM) or 4-9a (RCL); Psalm 22 (RM) or 31 (RCL); Philippians 2: 6-11 (RM) or 5-11 (RCL); Mark 14:1 – 15:47. It can feel like too much…

Our New Neighbours in Manhattan

Post author:Claudia Stecker
Post published:March 18, 2024
Post category:Mission Work Social Justice
Post comments:2 Comments

It is Monday morning, and I am at the Migrant Center of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi in Manhattan, one of a team of volunteers readying ourselves to…

The Grain of Wheat Doesn’t Die

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:March 15, 2024
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Jeremiah 31: 31-34 (RM) or 1-12 (RCL); Psalm 51; Hebrews 5: 7-9 (RM) or 5-10 (RCL); John 12: 20-33. If you happen to live in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s the…

Women Are Not Roles in the Church: Part II

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:March 13, 2024
Post category:Women in the Church
Post comments:2 Comments

Susan Roll is speaking to a conference in the Netherlands this week, and her regular Scripture reflection is not available. In its place, Susan has agreed to our publishing a…

The Meaning of Being a Death Doula

Post author:Petite Lao
Post published:March 11, 2024
Post category:Death & Dying Grief
Post comments:4 Comments

My mother, Trinidad, recently transitioned from her earthly life to God’s embrace, leaving our family grappling with grief. Despite the comfort our faith tradition offers, her passing was an ordeal…

Women Are Not Just Roles in the Church

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:March 8, 2024
Post category:Women in the Church
Post comments:1 Comment

Susan Roll is speaking to a conference in the Netherlands this week, and her regular Scripture reflection is not available. In its place, Susan has agreed to our publishing a…