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Thursday, January 28, 2021

Mental health practices in a pandemic

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What have you done for your mental health lately? Bell Canada, one of our communications providers, is marking its eleventh annual "Let...
Thursday, January 21, 2021

Livestreamed Ecumenical Prayer for 2021

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My prayer life during this pandemic has been different, but good. The only thing I am really missing (besides the people with whom I usually...

That poem

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 For me, the most moving moment of the Inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris was this young woman's impassioned delivery of her po...
Tuesday, January 19, 2021

st. Father Mike, pray for us

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Father Mike -- around the time I met him. My heart broke a little when I received a text message from my friend last Tuesday morning telling...
Wednesday, January 13, 2021

The last word on the basement tomato experiment

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Last night I dreamed about tomato plants heavy with big, red, juicy fruit, at least a dozen tomatoes per stalk, growing in pots in my very o...
Sunday, January 10, 2021

Sunday Reflection: On Being Beloved

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Photo by  Jude Beck  on  Unsplash Today's reflection is brought to you by  Acts 10:34-38. You love us all, O God. Each one of us  is you...
Thursday, January 7, 2021

What's the good word for 2021?

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Happy New Year! Those who have been following these moodlings for a while probably remember that every New Year, rather than making a bunch ...
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Thursday, December 31, 2020

Farewell to 2020

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Last walk of 2020 Like many people, I suspect, I've been giving a lot of thought to this year of 2020. There's a lot about it that w...
Tuesday, December 29, 2020

My "Uncle Vic" ring

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My Uncle Vic is an amazing man, one of those people whose sometimes gruff exterior holds a heart of gold, the kind of guy whose straight fac...
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Friday, December 25, 2020

Christmas Prayer 2020

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I think it was an old "father of the church" named Irenaeus who said something like "God became human, so we could become div...
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Saturday, December 5, 2020

Ecumenical Advent Prayer 2020

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If you're looking for a bit of Advent reflection, here's an opportunity in these pandemic days to pray for our healthcare workers, t...
Tuesday, December 1, 2020

The green wall

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For the last few years, I've been puzzling about how to have fresh tomatoes in winter without buying the tasteless greenhouse varieties ...
Wednesday, November 25, 2020

The Social in social justice

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Photo by  Matt Collamer on Unsplash Last week, I was asked to write an article for the national social justice newsletter for the Society of...
Sunday, November 22, 2020

Sunday Reflection: When did we see you...?

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Today's reflection is brought to you by Matthew 25:31-46. I'm not sure you can be any clearer. The way to bring heaven to earth is t...
Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Short Story #27 -- Nine-Year-Old, Reimagined

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Yesterday when I sat down to work on a  Writing Club story  (for the club composed of my best friend, Cathy, and me) I was surprised to see ...
Monday, November 16, 2020

#holyroodbenchproject update #5 -- three-and-a-half years later

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Just before the snow flew on November 6th, I took one last chilly bike ride to capture a few pictures of some neighbourly benches that have ...