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…

Circling Lent: Spirit

I was privileged to attend the ordination of a colleague tonight. These are some of the words that were prayed over her: “Send down your Holy Spirit upon your servant Michelle, whom we consecrate in your name to the office and work of a priest in the church.” Indeed the Spirit swirled and danced tonight.

Circling Lent: Dismal

It’s a dull, dreary, drizzly, DISMAL day. It’s Ash Wednesday and I pulled into the parking lot of the church where the service is taking place in order to get set up so that I wasn’t rushed this evening, only to discover that I left the key to that church at home! I am usually…