Go and Bellow

6 July 2012Katie Munnik

Last Sunday, I got to yell the gospel. Of course, it was due to a microphone malfunction in church, but it made for a memorable experience – and a good lead into this Sunday’s gospel reading in the lectionary.

Lessons Learned

2 July 2012patriciaschneider

There were few rules and regulations when our grandchildren visited us each summer. Somehow they just knew what was expected of them and I knew what was expected of us.

Our Christian heritage, in song

29 June 2012jeffloach

Happy Canada Day weekend! As Canadians, we’re not big on flag-waving. We’re pretty meek and humble when it comes to our national pride. (So it’s […]

My friend Joe

25 June 2012kristineobrien

This winter, after we renovated our house, we put it on the market expecting that it would sell quickly. After a week or so, our real estate agent was disappointed. Why hasn’t it sold? we kept asking ourselves. It looked great, we were getting lots of traffic, and we thought it was well priced. We were stumped.

Our Decennial

25 June 2012Katie Munnik

Ten years already. I wrote a bit about this anniversary as it loomed back in January. Now, we’re here.
Our Decennial. To be celebrated with tin

Relationships and Concerns

25 June 2012Patricia Schneider

A friend was visiting my husband when he had cancer, so I felt free to run to the mall and have some time just for me. There is little time for that when you are doing round the clock care giving.

The view from the valley

22 June 2012jeffloach

If you had never heard of Nik Wallenda before, chances are pretty good you know who he is now – especially after last Friday night’s […]

Still learning, I hope!

20 June 2012evangelinekeeley

This summer I’ll be doing something I’ve never done before. It’s really not all that remarkable in some ways, but as someone who’s been a […]

Playing in the Kitchen

18 June 2012Katie Munnik

Last week, I mentioned procrastination. And then, like any good polysyllabic word, it started cropping up everywhere. It’s been that kind of week.
Front and centre were the cheesy fish. Which started with the cookie cutter.

Of Perks and Parenting

18 June 2012Patricia Schneider

Blowing out all the candles on my birthday cake has become impossible task for me, so nowadays we keep it down to one large candle. Regardless of what some my say…I am not full of hot air.

A spot of mustard

11 June 2012Katie Munnik

Growth is in God’s hands. Thank heaven for that. If it were up to me to schedule growth, I’d procrastinate and the kids would never grow at all.

Seasons of our Life

11 June 2012patriciaschneider

I listen to the voice on the other end of the phone. It is news I have been expecting but it is still a shock.

GA and the Diamond Jubilee

4 June 2012Katie Munnik

This morning, I got to read scripture on the BBC. The service was part of the on-going Diamond Jubilee celebrations and went out live on BBC Radio 4 long wave. I’m currently working in Scotland at Canongate Kirk, the Queen’s parish church in Edinburgh, and though I can’t say broadcasting was part of my job description, I’m glad to be let in on the fun and history marking.

Trust in the Pilot

4 June 2012patriciaschneider

“Scared-spit-less” is how I would describe how I felt when I looked over the edge of the rim I was clutching with white-knuckled fingers.

Here I am

28 May 2012Katie Munnik

“Here I am, Lord. It is I, Lord. I have heard you calling in the night.” I don’t have enough fingers and toes to figure out how many times I sang these words at how many campfires. We’re probably talking hairs on my head at least. Goodness me, I would sing it frontwards and backwards and probably while bailing a sinking canoe blindfolded.
But the story is much harder to hear than the song.

Letters from the Past

28 May 2012patriciaschneider

I have always been somewhat sentimental and have kept precious things. I knew the letters were there but I did not have the courage to read them after my husband died. I felt it might hurt too much. Am I ready for this, I ask myself?

Mother Tongues

21 May 2012Katie Munnik

I’ve been thinking about the lectionary as a tool for a while. You might have noticed. Some weeks, I use this space to write of nothing but. Others, I may dip into the lectionary readings, but spend more time talking through the little happenings of my little family’s life, spilling them out across the table, and hoping that they fall into some sense of order that might bring clarity.