Aslan in the city
It’s interesting to live in a city with a zoo. I hadn’t really noticed that until today. It has been a day off school for […]
It’s interesting to live in a city with a zoo. I hadn’t really noticed that until today. It has been a day off school for […]
I wish you could see him. In the flesh preferably so that you could really see his joy. But a photo would do, too, if […]
“Now on that same day, two of them were going to a village called Emmaus.” Another road story. Another reminder that we are a pilgrim […]
This wasn’t how she had imagined it. She had imagined this day or a day like today. A day of arrival. A procession. Acclaim. He […]
Let’s start with the good news, shall we? The Spouse’s PhD is now bound and definitively submitted. He’s done. No more edits or corrections or […]
Yesterday was the third Sunday in Lent so I took a photo of a plate of colourful macarons. I’m still living with the practice of […]
Plum is telling stories. Arms thrown wide, shiny eyes looking to see who will hear and with a loud voice, he calls out. House! Castle! […]
I’ve been dithering on this one. A couple of friends have suggested participating in an online photo-a-day project during Lent, and I’m not sure what […]
Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from […]
“The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favour with God. And now, you will conceive in your womb […]
Inside, you built me.
You pushed back walls, made more room for your own growing.
You demanded foundations, tested them with you concentrating feet.
You stretched up, making rafters of my ribs,
pushing into the tenderness under my heart.
“Wondering whether to celebrate the Eucharist ad orientem during Advent.”
Facebook reveals strange worries in the hearts of ministers, but this one caught my eye. There’s a poetic loveliness to this idea that you don’t always see in the logistics of worship planning.
I was on my way to do some storytelling at the primary school today when I ran into a friend, and so we walked together. […]
Blue decided to draw a picture for his little brother. I asked a couple of questions, and he told me a little bit about it, but it only left me wondering more.
I came across a lovely old-fashioned term this week. Hallowtide. Isn’t that a nice one? It comes from theOld English word halig, meaning saint, and […]
The day after the shooting at the War Memorial, I spent a lot of time listening to CBC Ottawa online. The producers had opened the phone lines, asking the question “Is Ottawa a different city this morning?”
Sometimes it takes a difficult love story. Sometimes the penny drops when things get a little difficult. Yesterday, we took the kids to a deer […]
“Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God…” Daniel 6:10 I set up a lovely joke for […]
We’re celebrating Michaelmas today. Not just for my own Michael, but of course he is the grand excuse. This year, Michaelmas is ringing true, so […]