A Caress of God: The Garden I Call Home
The entire material universe speaks of God’s love, his boundless affection for us. Soil, water, mountains: everything is, as it were, a caress of God.1 There is nothing like the…
In the Company of Trees
Catherine Walther is a former nurse and hospital Chaplain who lives in Toronto. Catherine has found great meaning in the writings of Teilhard de Chardin, as well as Creation Spirituality,…
When I die will there be trees
When I die will there be trees,will there be birds in the branchesand leaves spinning and dancingin the soft breeze?Will there be peonies rising from warm earth, heads heavy with…
Stepping Into Another World
From my window I gaze daily at the falling leaves of many mighty trees and columns of green shapes and designs. Yet, at a closer look, nothing seems to be…
Ordinary Time
In Balay Euphrasie, Davao this week we have been having conversations about Liturgy. I was reminded of how my eyes were opened to celebrating the Liturgical Season of Ordinary Time,…
The Taste of Things IV
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,…
Hopes on Entering Retreat
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…
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…