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Unbearable: My Lifelong Experience with Bears

Post author:Bonnie Dickie
Post published:July 29, 2024
Post category:Animals Reflections
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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…

Five Loaves and Two Fishes

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:July 26, 2024
Post category:Scripture Reading
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2 Kings 4: 42-44; Psalm 145; Ephesians 4: 1-6 (RM) or 3: 14-21 (RCL); John 6: 1-15 (RM) or 1-21 (RCL). Oh I remember this one. For some odd reason…

Discoveries on the High Line

Post author:Claudia Stecker
Post published:July 22, 2024
Post category:Reflections
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“Have you walked the High Line yet?” This question kept coming back to me and my companion in community when we first found ourselves living in New York City. The…

Don’t You Just Hate Cliffhangers?

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:July 19, 2024
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Jeremiah 23: 1-6; Psalm 23; Ephesians 2: 13-18 (RM) or 11-22 (RCL); Mark 6:30-34 (RM) or 30-34, 53-56 (RCL). Don’t you just hate cliffhangers? It’s the last episode of the…

Exploring Green Spaces: Dr Michael Mosley

Post author:Rose Mary Harbinson
Post published:July 15, 2024
Post category:Eco-Spirituality Nature
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Recently, the people throughout the UK, Ireland and across the world have been shocked and saddened by the sudden and untimely death of Dr Michael Mosley, a well-known author, broadcaster…

The Baptismal Invitation

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:July 12, 2024
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Amos 7: 12-15 (RM) or 7-15 (RCL); Psalm 85; Ephesians 1: 3-14 (RM and RCL) or 3-10 (RM); Mark 6: 7-13 (RM) or 14-29 (RCL).One wonderful result of the liturgical…

Working With Others to Care for Creation

Post author:Susan Smith
Post published:July 8, 2024
Post category:Animals Eco-Spirituality
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In the 1850s, settlers from the United Kingdom thought it would be a good idea to introduce Australian possums to New Zealand. What a disaster that has been. (They also…

You Can’t Go Home Again

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:July 5, 2024
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Ezekiel 2: 3-5 (RM in Canada), 2-5 (RM in the U.S.) or 1-5 (RCL); Psalm 123; 2 Corinthians 12: 7-10 (RM) or 2-10 (RCL); Mark 6: 1-6 (RM) or Mark…

Gardening ABCs: B is for Brassicaceae Part 2

Post author:Wendy MacLean
Post published:July 3, 2024
Post category:Food and Gardening
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The Brassicas are “cool season” vegetables. Like lettuce, they grow best and taste best before or after the hottest part of our summer. Wait until after the first light frost…

Gardening ABCs: B is for Brassicaceae Part 1

Post author:Wendy MacLean
Post published:July 1, 2024
Post category:Food and Gardening
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Introducing the Brassicas This family has many names: Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, cabbage or cole family. I was intrigued to learn that the name Cruciferae is used because flowers of these plants…