Standing on the Edge
Another year has arrived, and we continue to look in hope for change. We always pray that the New Year will bring us to another stage of transformation—yet as one…
You Can’t Take It With You
Reflection for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Eighth Sunday after Pentecost C Readings: Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2: 21-23 (RM) or 1:2, 12-14; 218-23; Psalm 90(RM) or 49 (RCL); Colossians…
Gratefulness in the Face of Global Crisis
Gratitude - a word that appears to crop up everywhere nowadays from scripture to tattoos, to lyrics, to top hits. Following a recent conversation with a friend as we pondered…
An Ocean of Truth in Which to Swim
A Reflection on Interlinked Moments It was, as they say, a news-filled year last Friday, February 28. Agreements honoured since the end of WW II, the “Rules Based International Order”…
Resolutions and Fear of the Future
How many New Resolutions have we made and broken within a couple of weeks or even within days, over the years? There is so much excitement around the Christmas Season…
Gate of the Year: A Poem
I was an adolescent when I first heard the opening lines of “Gate of the Year”, by Minnie Louise Haskins. It was read to me by my dad, with whom…
Mysteries, Yes
Truly, we live with mysteries too marvelous to be understood… How grass can be nourishing in the mouths of the lambs… How people come, from delight or the scars of…
Living in the Questions
The quest for answers, The search for solutions, A daily pursuit it seems, The need to know And understand Everything, anything. A quick tap A simple click Reveals, exposes, unveils…