I Am Not A Sheep
23rd. I am not a sheep. I do not feel the prod And poke of rod and staff. I do not have the need To graze Or lie down By…
23rd. I am not a sheep. I do not feel the prod And poke of rod and staff. I do not have the need To graze Or lie down By…
Elm and arborist It was the ‘orange dot of death’ that caught my eye, and then my heart. It was the sign that she would be brought to her knees,…
Isaiah 11:1-10; Psalm 72; Romans 15:4-9 (RM) or 4-13 (RCL); Matthew 3:1-12. If I were standing in front of you preaching (and not tapping away on a computer keyboard) I’d…
Baby swan plants being lovingly tended Laudato Si' challenges us to “care for the natural environment and all people …,” and so a new mission has started in Napier, New…
For many people, a regular part of Christmas is watching the 1946 classic movie "It’s a Wonderful Life". In my family, this movie was on our sister Mary’s perennial “Christmas…
Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:37-44 (RM) or 36-44 (RCL.) It’s the purple season for Roman Catholics, blue season for Protestants. It’s the standing-on-tiptoes-craning your-neck season (and not…
My dad grew up and lived in the country all his life until about 20 years ago. He is very closely connected to the earth, the weather, the animals, the…
Just recently, I went for my much-needed annual retreat. I call this my ALL-ONE time with God. To be able to retreat from the busyness of life into a quiet…
2 Samuel 5:1-3 (RM) or Jeremiah 23:1-6 (RCL); Psalm 122 (RM) or 46 (RCL); Colossians 1: 12-20 (RM) or 11-20 (RCL); Luke 23:35-43 (RM) or 33-43 (RCL.) Kings seem to…
When I made my home some years back in the vast land mass of Canada, I was amazed and intrigued by its wide open spaces, and captivated by its geographical…