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Sunday, November 29, 2015

Laudato Si: Sunday Reflection #19... How would Jesus live?

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There was no environmental crisis to speak of in Jesus' day. World population was steady at maybe 300 million, and most people lived ver...
Friday, November 27, 2015

Back to snowy walks with a small dog

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Winter arrived this week. I'm happy to see snow, and don't generally mind the cold, as long as it's a bit warmer than -30 C (the...
Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Simple Suggestion #243... Give gifts of the heart

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Every year when Black Friday sales roll around, I try to remind people that we need to appreciate what we have without cramming more stuff i...
Sunday, November 22, 2015

Laudato Si: Sunday Reflection #18... Time to tone it down

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It strikes me, as I work through reading this encyclical and writing about it, that in discussing 5 or more paragraphs each week, I'm wr...
Friday, November 20, 2015

God's love letter(s)

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I was supposed to post this last week (after Laudato Si: Sunday Reflection #16... God's love letter ), but somehow posted something else...
Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Singing on the bus Part II -- The Preacher and the Bear

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(Click here to see the original 'Singing on the bus') The bus driver who offered me a free ride for a song was driving the 94 agai...
Saturday, November 14, 2015

Laudato Si: Sunday Reflection #17... It's not just about us

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If there's anything that drives me crazy about Pope Francis' recent letter to the world, it's that it had to be written from the...

A prayer for Paris (and other places)

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O God, it's so hard to understand this. The kind of hatred that would motivate young people to blow themselves up outside soccer ga...
Friday, November 13, 2015

Two hugs

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Art by Mimi Noland, from The Hug Therapy Book (Compcare 1983, ISBN 0-89638-065-3) I like to think of myself as a giver of hugs, but thi...
Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Another day to remember

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Today we remember bravery, pray for all the casualties of war, and ask wisdom for the world... Every gun that is made, every warship launc...
Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Simple Suggestion #242... Reread an old journal

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I haven't been moodling as much as usual lately because I've been rereading the books of my life. They inhabit two heavy banker boxe...
Sunday, November 8, 2015

Laudato Si: Sunday Reflection #16... God's love letter

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The Peaceable Kingdom by Edward Hicks This week the dog and I had the pleasure of a few walks through neighbourhoods along the river. It...