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Friday, September 30, 2022

A day to mourn, a day to learn

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Today is the second annual National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. How are you marking the day? I put on my orange shirt and intended to g...
Thursday, September 29, 2022

Jake's gift

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One Sunday morning in March at the community of Emmanuel, Jake flashed a big smile at me from across the room. This was before I even knew h...
Wednesday, September 28, 2022

When ONE is too many

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The City of Edmonton's annual homeless count is today. Volunteers endeavor to find and count the homeless people in our city, and I alwa...
Friday, September 23, 2022

Care for a Courageous Conversation?

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This week I had the opportunity to attend a Healing of Memories International workshop led by Father Michael Lapsley, an amazing man who kn...
Thursday, September 15, 2022

Raise a song of gladness

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The resurrection icon we will pray with on Sunday When Covid-19 shut the world down back in March of 2020, I wondered how long it would be u...
Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Simple Suggestion #286... Save seeds

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I can't believe I've gotten this far into these Simple Suggestions without moodling about seed-saving. Though I do love the seed cat...
Monday, September 12, 2022

We're all a little lost

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Somehow I forgot to hit the publish button. This moodling was actually written on September 11th. Today's reflection is brought to you b...
Thursday, September 8, 2022

The most recent suffering

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Last night I listened to the voices of the parents of the young man who killed 11 people on James Smith Cree Nation, and cried along with th...
Wednesday, September 7, 2022

The waning of the garden

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It's that time of year again, when the sun disappears earlier and earlier (8:10 this evening, and it was 8:30 just last week!!) Summer...
Sunday, September 4, 2022

Sunday Reflection: New words for an old prayer

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Today's reflection is brought to you by Matthew 6:9-13.   I like that Jesus taught his disciples -- and us -- how to talk to God (pray) ...
Thursday, September 1, 2022

Squash blossom special

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Ricotta-stuffed blossoms My garden is producing lots of squash and pumpkin blossoms in these summer days, so a couple of weeks ago, I decide...
Tuesday, August 30, 2022

If God can move mountains, God can handle rocks

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Lately you'll find me downtown on Tuesday mornings, hanging out with pastor Quinn from Inner City Pastoral Ministry, handing out toiletr...
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Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Poor old pear tree

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You might remember that about a year ago, I was singing the pear tree blues . Well, one year later, I'm still singing them. Last year we...
Thursday, August 18, 2022

Auntie Rooshki goes home

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Her name was Mary, and as a child of Russian-German parents, her pet name was Marushka , or so I'm guessing, Rooshki for short. And from...
Sunday, August 14, 2022

Hummingbird meditation

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I've run out of words for prayer. These days, my meditation is simply sitting and waiting for a hummingbird, my eyes filled with the bea...
Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Lee's bear

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My partner of 31 years has always had a thing for bear statues. I could probably post a picture of him posing with a bear for every year tha...
Sunday, August 7, 2022

Sunday Reflection: Unexpected gifts

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This morning at Inner City Pastoral Ministry, my friend, Dorothy, one of our community elders, called me over, saying, "I have somethin...
Thursday, August 4, 2022

Another song worth hearing (and seeing)

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It's easy to get discouraged these days, especially if you follow the news. Sometimes, life's struggles make it hard to sleep at nig...
Tuesday, August 2, 2022

A ten-minute walking garden meditation

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If it's not raining, most summer mornings you'll find me outside with my cup of tea, wandering my garden paths and moodling/meditati...
Thursday, July 28, 2022

Simple Suggestion #285... Build a garden blanket fort

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Remember playing in blanket forts as kids? I think my mom is the queen of blanket forts. The ones she made with my kids were truly awe-inspi...