Moving From a Team of 5 Million to a Divided Society
On 25 March 2020, the New Zealand government imposed a strict lockdown on people in an effort to keep us safe from the worst effects of what came to be…
Reflection for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Tenth Sunday after Pentecost C
Jeremiah 38: 4-6, 8-10 (RM) or 23: 23-29 (RCL); Psalm 40 or 82; Hebrews 12: 1-4 (RM) or 11: 29-12:2 (RCL); Luke 12: 49-53 (RM) or 49-56 (RCL.) “When you…
Summer Travels in Our Garden
“I spent the summer travelling. I got halfway across my backyard.”--Jean Louis Agassiz, 19th C. Swiss-American naturalist/geologist1 Several summers ago, I began the practice of taking a slow morning walk…
Reflection for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Ninth Sunday after Pentecost C
Wisdom 18: 6-9(RM) or Genesis 15: 1-6 (RCL); Psalm 33; Hebrews 11: 1-2, 8-19 (RM) or 1-3, 8-16 (RCL); Luke 12: 32-48.The Gospel of Luke seems to have a thing…
The Trees Know: A Reflection
David Wagoner‘s poem, “Lost” is one of my favourite metaphors for finding a way forward in difficult times. It is a siren call to live in the present moment no…
Reflection for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23 (RM) or 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23 (RCL); Psalm 90 (RM) or 49 (RCL); Colossians 3: 1-5, 9-11 (RM) or 1-11 (RCL); Luke 12: 13-21.A cartoon that appeared in…
The James Webb Space Telescope
On July 12, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) sent first photos from deep space back to earth. Those photos are highly significant for scientific purposes. And for deepening human…
Reflection for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Seventh Sunday after Pentecost C
Genesis 18: 20-32; Psalm 138; Colossians 2: 12-14 (RM) or 6-15 (RCL); Luke 11: 1-13. The child was horrified. “Also such a beast!” One of my theology professors told this…
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…
- Go to the previous page
- 1
- …
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- …
- 32
- Go to the next page