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Midweek Message – January 22

There are a couple of things that are weighing on my heart and mind today. One is the amazing witness of Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, at the Washington National Cathedral yesterday. You can watch her entire sermon below, or if you just want to watch the part that stirred up such a storm, youContinue reading “Midweek Message – January 22”

The Season of Christmas

You Are a Blessing All through the weeks of Advent, we have been using quilt blocks as a way to look at the readings. We had to cancel our Christmas Eve service due to bad weather, so today, Rev. Catherine adapted what had been planned for Christmas Eve and added Epiphany The first one isContinue reading “The Season of Christmas”

A Little Meal.. a Little Oil…

450 grams of dry rice or some other grain. 50 grams of beans/lentils of some sort. 50 grams of oil. 5 grams of iodized salt. That is a day’s worth of emergency food aid. And this is what it looks like as one of three meals a day. As most of you know, I wasContinue reading “A Little Meal.. a Little Oil…”

Mission: Possible!

I spent much of last week in an old church building, an Anglican church building, on Elgin Street in Ottawa. Not quite as old as ours, and the hall that we used was bright and cheerful with comfortable chairs and a small kitchen. I didn’t attend church on Sunday morning… 😉 I was going toContinue reading “Mission: Possible!”

Every Child Matters

You might think the title of my reflection is more suited to last week, where we marked Orange Shirt Day and Truth and Reconciliation Day. But as I pondered and researched the scripture passage for this week, along with reading the news reports of the devastation of Hurricane Helene and the continued and increasing violenceContinue reading “Every Child Matters”

Serve and Preserve

We continue with our series on creation, this week with a focus on humanity as part of creation. As I pondered this week’s readings, I was struck by the phrase: serve and preserve that is found in Genesis 2. Voice 2 elaborated on this by saying: I have been given the responsibility by God toContinue reading “Serve and Preserve”

Who Are You?

The ocean has always been a powerful symbol or metaphor for God for me. It’s the place that I connect with God most easily. Which is a bit surprising, because I didn’t grow up anywhere near the ocean… but the ocean means home. Whether it’s a warm summer day and the waves gently kiss theContinue reading “Who Are You?”

Midweek Message – September 11

September 11th will likely always have a poignancy to those of us who remember the skies going silent, whether we were glued to our TVs or deliberately stayed away from them, not wanting the images burned into our eyeballs. It’s a day that the aftermath has been memorialized in Come From Away. It’s one ofContinue reading “Midweek Message – September 11”

Trickery and Truth

Trickery, bribery, lies… the Bible has it all! You probably expected me to say that the movie had it all! 😉 And it does! One of the questions that rolled around in my head and heart this week was: Does the ends justify the means? Normally my answer would be no… but after I watchedContinue reading “Trickery and Truth”