From Aha to Aah
A little bird hops next to an older one looking up in the sky “Ma, why do you sing? She curiously asked. The mother bird smiles and responds “When I…
Reflection for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Sixth Sunday after Pentecost C
Genesis 18: 1-10a; Psalm 15; Colossians 1: 24-28 (RM) or 15-28 (RCL); Luke 10: 38-42. Either/or, A/not A, right/wrong binary splits are easy. Too easy. They might provide a way…
How Spring Came to Oxford House
Jackpine swayed in South-East Wind and Spring stirred ever-so-slightly in her snug nest near the Crown. Ice boomed and crackled in the cold and Slush formed slowly under Snow’s warm…
Birdsong
I so often awake in the early morning, to the sound of the budgie birds who share a dwelling with me: a new day is dawning full of promise and…
Reflection for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fifth Sunday after Pentecost C
Deuteronomy 30: 10-14; Psalm 69 (RM) or 25 (RCL); Colossians 1: 15-20 (RM) or 1-14 (RCL); Luke 10: 25-37.Even when you’ve been gifted with a lifespan covering quite a few…
Friends and Dogs Part 2
The woman behind the desk at Animal Services knew which dog we were looking for. We had picked a good time to adopt, she said, as it was a discount…
Friends and Dogs Part 1
My dog is a mystery. I don’t know when or where he was born, his exact breed, his age or why he’s so easily spooked. More importantly I don’t know…
Reflection for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fourth Sunday after Pentecost C
Isaiah 66: 10-14; Psalm 66; Galatians 6: 14-18 (RM) or 7-16 (RCL); Luke 10: 1-12, 17-20 (RM) or 1-11, 16-20 (RCL.) I collect lector bloopers. But this one wasn’t exactly…
A New Visitation
Follow Mary to visit her cousin … How happy Elizabeth is when she hears Mary’s greeting. Filling with the Holy Spirit, she cries out: “Blessed are you among woman, And…
Springtime Tenderness
I have been fascinated by spring’s unfolding this year, my first in Toronto since 1994. A collection of morning walk photos describes its gradual emergence – attesting to snowdrops and…