Father Sky and Mother Earth
The recent solar eclipse of April 8th was applauded by many as a singular event, and the most viewed astronomical event in history. For humans who gathered in droves along…
Jesus of Nazareth is Alive
Acts 3: 13-15, 17-19 (RM) or 12-19 (RCL); Psalm 4; 1 John 2:1-5a (RM) or 1 John 3:1-7 (RCL); Luke 24: 35-48 (RM) or 36b-48 (RCL.) It’s a quirky little…
O Christ O Light: An Easter Poem
It is Easter time, and I realize I enjoy Easter days. A sense of “I AM” everywhere, in the middle of the anxieties, the busyness of life, the fast-paced passing…
The Importance of Touch
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
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