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Remembering John Robinson

Post author:Petite Lao
Post published:August 22, 2022
Post category:Death & Dying Memorial
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John Robinson, a wise and gentle man, living in Toronto, and serving at the Native Peoples Mission in that city, died on May 26, 2022. I am still grieving his…

Reflection for the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time / Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost C

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:August 19, 2022
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Isaiah 66: 18-21(RM) or 58: 9b-14 (RCL); Psalm 117 or 103; Hebrews 12: 5-7, 11-13 (RM) or 18-23 (RCL); Luke 13: 22-30 (RM) or 10-17 (RCL) There’s a toxic and…

Moving From a Team of 5 Million to a Divided Society

Post author:Susan Smith
Post published:August 15, 2022
Post category:Covid 19
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On 25 March 2020, the New Zealand government imposed a strict lockdown on people in an effort to keep us safe from the worst effects of what came to be…

Reflection for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Tenth Sunday after Pentecost C

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:August 12, 2022
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Jeremiah 38: 4-6, 8-10 (RM) or 23: 23-29 (RCL); Psalm 40 or 82; Hebrews 12: 1-4 (RM) or 11: 29-12:2 (RCL); Luke 12: 49-53 (RM) or 49-56 (RCL.) “When you…

Summer Travels in Our Garden

Post author:Wendy MacLean
Post published:August 8, 2022
Post category:Food and Gardening
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“I spent the summer travelling. I got halfway across my backyard.”--Jean Louis Agassiz, 19th C. Swiss-American naturalist/geologist1 Several summers ago, I began the practice of taking a slow morning walk…

Reflection for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Ninth Sunday after Pentecost C

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:August 5, 2022
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Wisdom 18: 6-9(RM) or Genesis 15: 1-6 (RCL); Psalm 33; Hebrews 11: 1-2, 8-19 (RM) or 1-3, 8-16 (RCL); Luke 12: 32-48.The Gospel of Luke seems to have a thing…

The Trees Know: A Reflection

Post author:Sandra Stewart
Post published:August 1, 2022
Post category:Eco-Spirituality Reflections
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David Wagoner‘s poem, “Lost” is one of my favourite metaphors for finding a way forward in difficult times. It is a siren call to live in the present moment no…

Reflection for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:July 29, 2022
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23 (RM) or 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23 (RCL); Psalm 90 (RM) or 49 (RCL); Colossians 3: 1-5, 9-11 (RM) or 1-11 (RCL); Luke 12: 13-21.A cartoon that appeared in…

The James Webb Space Telescope

Post author:Veronica Dunne
Post published:July 25, 2022
Post category:Cosmology Science
Post comments:4 Comments

On July 12, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) sent first photos from deep space back to earth. Those photos are highly significant for scientific purposes. And for deepening human…

Reflection for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Seventh Sunday after Pentecost C

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:July 22, 2022
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Genesis 18: 20-32; Psalm 138; Colossians 2: 12-14 (RM) or 6-15 (RCL); Luke 11: 1-13. The child was horrified. “Also such a beast!” One of my theology professors told this…