A guest post by Parishioner and Parish Councillor, Jacqueline Gillespie The Light We Carry An inspirational memoir I read this...
A litany for Survival For those of us who live at the shorelinestanding upon the constant edges of decisioncrucial and alonefor...
Reflection For a film about extraordinary courage by someone who does not feel up to the task-a theme we are reading about in the book...
“I want to be in the arena. I want to be brave with my life. And when we make the choice to dare greatly, we sign up to get our asses...
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the...
At an online event for Black History Month BC a couple years back, Dr Cornell West said, "People say to me 'stay woke, brother' and I...
Reflection “First of all, if you learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never...
Reflection Our forebears in faith knew that asking questions of God was a good thing - a critical, thinking, faith was an expectation...
"The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance." Confucius In Western Culture...
"I am with youWhen the light is born,When the darkness grows,And when you are alone,And when you are surrounded by a crowd.I am with...
Reflection We often associate 'courage' with striking out and doing 'new' things, but as Bishop Marianne Edgar Budde says in her book...
Start where you stand Start where you stand and never mind the past,The past won't help you in beginning new,If you have left it all...
Today is Palm Sunday - the beginning of the season we call Holy Week. Today we remember Jesus' entry into Jerusalem in the days before...
The Gospel which is set for today, the Monday in Holy Week, is John Chapter Twelve verses 1-11, the first Seven verses of which tell a...
“There is always light. If only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.” Amanda Gorman An old proverb...
Service, in our hierarchical world, is considered demeaning. The idea of being a servant suggests losing control, of being in thrall to...
There is no agreement as to why today is called Good Friday in English - some sources say it evolved from 'God's Friday' in the same...
Holy Saturday is a waiting day. We who are removed from the story by a couple thousand years know what this is leading to, but those...
Happy Easter! Today we celebrate God's greatest act of love - where love conquers death, love defeats brokenness, love wins, and love...
