Carrot Cake Scones

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour • 4 ¼ teaspoons baking powder • ¼ teaspoon salt • 1 tablespoon sugar • ½ teaspoon cinnamon • ½ teaspoon ginger • ½ teaspoon nutmeg • 1/2 cup shortening • I medium carrot, finely grated • 3/4 cup milk Mix dry ingredients together with a fork, cut in…

Friday Five: Burning Questions!

I haven’t played Friday Five in a while; it’s all about burning questions today. 1. What is one habit you do daily, without fail? Brush my teeth.  2. What is the last thing you watched on your television? Blue Jays game last night, they lost.  3. Would you rather have a slice of cake, or a slice…

My Week with an Agnostic

I am sure most people have had the experience of feeling immediately connected to someone and it was that way with Liz and me. While she had moved to Victoria not long after we met, we kept in touch through Facebook; as an insomniac, Liz would often be on-line when I got up and we…

Circling Lent: Astonish

This story comes from my mother, Irma MacDonald, she writes: Further to today’s Lent word ……astonished. Maybe astonished isn’t the right word to use. I don’t know how many of you knew that I was missing the diamond that Dad used to have in his ear.(My father died almost 3 years ago). At any rate…

Circling Lent: Teacher

I love adult study groups and they have been a part of my life since I joined a church and part of my ministry since I was ordained. While I am often the leader, I learn as much as everyone else and from everyone else. It’s exciting to wrestle with questions, to watch eyes light…

Circling Lent: Night

I don’t do a lot of night time photography, mostly because I can barely stay awake after 10, much be out and about. And since I am primarily a fair weather photographer, I don’t do a lot of winter photography either. However, on a trip up the Gaspé Coast of Quebec a few years ago, I…

Circling Lent: Worship

Most people know that I have a pretty low Christology… and while I believe that Jesus was both human and divine, I believe that we are all human and divine. Jesus tapped into that capacity to be intimate with God in a way that no other human has been able to. And so, I worship…