As I pondered my sermon this week, I found myself wondering why on earth I chose the reading I picked. I had three others to chose from… These are not the words of hope and possibility that we long to hear… not just on Sunday morning, but every morning. The prophet Jeremiah’s words are those…
A hurricane… the beginning of Intentional Interim Ministry… a federal election called… Those set beside stories from our Bible, I will touch on all of these. In the beginning, God. In the beginning, light. In the beginning, the wind from God swept over the waters of creation, creating life. The winds last week didn’t feel…
I-2 pints of cherries, pitted and sliced 3 tablespoons sugar 1 tsp almond flavouring if desired Pit and roughly chop the berries, place in an 8×8 or 9×9 baking pan. Sprinkle them with sugar and almond flavouring if using. Allow them to sit for 1-2 hours, till the juices come out. Biscuits Preheat oven to…
This is great when you have a variety of vegetables/fruit in the fridge but it is too hot to think about cooking them. This is what I used: 1 small summer cabbage ½ large apple 2 carrots 1 small onion 1 small head broccoli ½ cup dried cranberries or raisins 2 slices bacon 1. Fry…
Mmm… corn chowder made with fresh corn and new potatoes and onions.
A few years back, at the annual meeting of Maritime Conference, there was an Open Space Technology session one afternoon. For those of you who don’t know what that was, and I hadn’t heard of before either, it is a way of meeting without an initial agenda, the agenda is created by whomever is present.…
Seriously! When did wiping a counter after using it become too much work? I bake regularly. I make a mess, (ask my husband!) regularly. I wet a cloth and wipe it up! When did it become easier to cut down trees, process them into paper, ship it to stores, take it home, put it on the…
Those were the words that someone said to me at the good-bye reception for the minister at the church where I will start in September. The minister and I are good friends as well as colleagues; she is delighted that I accepted the Intentional Interim Ministry position and invited me to be part of her…
Or in my case, if I cleaned out the darkest corners of my office! Just to be clear, this is my study at home! I finished an Intentional Interim Ministry appointment yesterday and not starting another until September, so in the meantime, my study at home looks like this. I may just close the door,…
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to…
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