Is God a Superman in the Sky?
Reflection for the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time B / Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Daniel 12: 1-3; Psalm 16; Hebrews 10: 11-14, 18 (RM) or 18-25 (RCL); Mark 13:…
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…
My Encounter with a Gray Whale
Not too long ago the local newspaper featured the ongoing saga of a young female Orca stranded in a lagoon on the west coast of Canada. The two year old…
Reflection for the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Jeremiah 20:10-13 (RM) or 7-13 (RCL); Psalm 69; Romans 5: 12-15 (RM) or 6: 1b-11 (RCL); Matthew 10: 26-33 (RM) or 24-39 (RCL). Fear. It can take on a life…
Reflection for the Sixth Sunday of Easter C
Acts 15: 1-2, 22-29 (RM) or Acts 16: 9-15 (RCL); Psalm 67; Revelation 21: 10-14, 22-23 (RM) or 10, 22-27, 22: 1-5 (RCL); John 14: 23-29. How can you have…
The Taste of Things
Sometimes the world upsets me, discourages me, and causes me to tremble. Like many in Canada, I was shaken by the recent events of the “freedom convoy” that motored its…