How Spring Came to Oxford House
Jackpine swayed in South-East Wind and Spring stirred ever-so-slightly in her snug nest near the Crown. Ice boomed and crackled in the cold and Slush formed slowly under Snow’s warm…
Birdsong
I so often awake in the early morning, to the sound of the budgie birds who share a dwelling with me: a new day is dawning full of promise and…
Reflection for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fifth Sunday after Pentecost C
Deuteronomy 30: 10-14; Psalm 69 (RM) or 25 (RCL); Colossians 1: 15-20 (RM) or 1-14 (RCL); Luke 10: 25-37. Even when you’ve been gifted with a lifespan covering quite a…
Friends and Dogs Part 2
The woman behind the desk at Animal Services knew which dog we were looking for. We had picked a good time to adopt, she said, as it was a discount…
Friends and Dogs Part 1
My dog is a mystery. I don’t know when or where he was born, his exact breed, his age or why he’s so easily spooked. More importantly I don’t know…
Reflection for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fourth Sunday after Pentecost C
Isaiah 66: 10-14; Psalm 66; Galatians 6: 14-18 (RM) or 7-16 (RCL); Luke 10: 1-12, 17-20 (RM) or 1-11, 16-20 (RCL.) I collect lector bloopers. But this one wasn’t exactly…
A New Visitation
Follow Mary to visit her cousin … How happy Elizabeth is when she hears Mary’s greeting. Filling with the Holy Spirit, she cries out: “Blessed are you among woman, And…
Springtime Tenderness
I have been fascinated by spring’s unfolding this year, my first in Toronto since 1994. A collection of morning walk photos describes its gradual emergence – attesting to snowdrops and…
Reflection for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Third Sunday after Pentecost C
1 Kings 19: 16b, 19-21 (RM) or 2 Kings 2: 1-2, 6-14 (RCL); Psalm 16; Galatians 5: 1, 13-18 (RM) or 13-25 (RCL); Luke 9: 51-62. Honestly, it’s been on…
Inspiration to Live Religious Life
As a teenager, I remember hearing the words, “I have called you by name and you are mine” - Isaiah 42:1-2. These words were my inspiration to leave all things…