I started blogging about 18 months ago and have been terribly inconsistent. I am a United Church of Canada minister and write a sermon/reflection every week. However, I would often see things in my daily life that seemed to warrant shorter reflections on God’s presence in the world and wanted another venue to write/reflect upon…
Over at RevGals, the Friday Five question this week is ‘What Kind of Year?’ I am not in the habit of making New Year’s Resolutions anymore, but have been thinking about the future a lot, especially as I leave one congregation in less than two weeks to take up a 6 month appointment with another…
Why do we so often give up that which gives us life when life become hectic? Ever since I was introduced to Visio Divina and contemplative photography as spiritual practices, they resonated with my heart in a deep and powerful way that was almost beyond description. Contemplative photography in particular has been a rich part…
WHOOOOOOOOSH! That was the air rushing out of our collective pool of energy. 1. What’s your “chill out” foot gear? Slippers or socks? Or Birkenstocks? (Poem not intentional) Barefoot all the way! 2. A holiday treat or beverage that just makes you say “AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!” That first sip of white wine when I get home on Christmas Eve. …
This Friday we are invited to choose 5 Christmas memories, traditions, plans hopes etc, so I am choosing 5 favourite traditions. 1. Making shortbread cookies, it’s the only time of the year when I do, this year I added toffee bits to them. YUM! 2. Decorating the tree with my youngest granddaughter. Lucy is 5…
Friday Five over at RevGals invites us to quietly ponder 5 things about Advent. 1. Decorating the tree with my youngest granddaughter. 2. Being pulled further into darkness as the days continue to shorten, but with the sureness that light will return. 3. The sense of optimism that returns to churches. 4. The Blue Christmas Service…
A lone wild flower gone to seed… on the edge of an urban forest. None of us and no thing is ever really solitary. Even in the midst of solitude we humans are a compilation of billions of cells, each with their own agenda and intelligence. Likewise, our minds are compilations of memory, learning and…
It’s a rainy, dreary day here in Halifax, bliss does NOT come to mind. When I think of bliss, I think of sensuality, of decadent desserts, of spiritual highs. I didn’t take this today, it’s a picture of Perce Rock taken this summer. My husband and I hiked all over Bonaventure Island this summer; up and down hills…
Water, and more specifically the ocean, is a powerful symbol of God for me. The tide rolling in and out, stormed tossed seas, ripples that barely mark the shore, they all tell me something about my relationship with the Divine. I go to the beach when I have something to celebrate, when I have something…
This is part of one of the most walkable neighbourhoods in the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Called The Hydrostone Market it is part of the North End, an area which has become increasingly attractive over the years. After years of being the poor cousin of the rest of Halifax, it has become a haven for…
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