Chasing geese and toddlers

22 September 2014katiemunnik

I went on a merry dance this morning. A rabbit trail or, if you like, a wild goose chase. I thought that we were in […]

Working it out for ourselves together

8 September 2014katiemunnik

It is a reminder to be plural. To be open to the difference of others. To be forgiving and tolerant and together. I hear a strangely beautiful dual freedom in this reminder.

Back to the Burning Bush

25 August 2014katiemunnik

There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it […]

Who

18 August 2014katiemunnik

A confession of faith which brings about change. Up until this point, Peter has seen and heard many new things from Jesus. But returning home was possible, wasn’t it?

In the Big Woods

11 August 2014katiemunnik

I wonder why transitions are so difficult. School starts here this week, and there’s a lot of worrying around our table. Mostly from Beangirl, but […]

Venn’s Poetry

4 August 2014katiemunnik

Thanks to Google, the kids discovered that it is John Venn’s 180th birthday today. And they were pretty excited about it. Beangirl worked with Venn […]

Letter to a Unknown Solider

28 July 2014katiemunnik

I read today about a new kind of memorial for the First World War. It will be a large scale public artwork, made of words. […]

Plum is One

21 July 2014katiemunnik

I was in the grocery store a couple of weeks ago and I was spent. The night before was probably one of those teething nights. […]

Scrubbing the table

26 May 2014katiemunnik

On Thursday night at Dinner Church, we were anticipating Pentecost. We shared the passage from John 14 when Jesus promises the Advocate who will remain […]

An All-Ages Easter

14 April 2014katiemunnik

We are an Easter people. We need to show our children that Easter is important to adults. This is the biggest story of our year. If nothing else, we want kids to catch a glimpse of that. Easter matters to us. The Easter story is the joyful centre of who we are.

We All Stink

31 March 2014katiemunnik

Some days, the gospel seems clear, but it’s hard to talk about. Usually when reading the story of Lazarus, I find myself thinking about the sisters […]

Dayspring

24 March 2014katiemunnik

Here, we have everything. The healed and the witnesses. The doubters and the worriers. Tradition and threat, Sabbath rest and holy healing. Identity and history. All our worries, our concerns and pragmatisms trying to make sense of wonder and grace, all our fear. And at the centre, Jesus as the light of the world.

Dazzled, blinking and born again

11 March 2014katiemunnik

Nicodemus is not used to standing in a place where reason fails. But this is a place where we all must stand at some point in our lives. In joy or in sorrow. In pain or abandon or grief or loneliness or moments of calling and clarity. Moments when we are blinded, unsure if we are standing in the darkness or in the light.

Cake Day and Moses

24 February 2014katiemunnik

Our biggest pie fan (and one of our oldest friends) was visiting this weekend, so I had a second go at the passion fruit tart […]

Lovely

17 February 2014katiemunnik

Sometimes you don’t know how things are going to end up. When I was plotting Valentine’s Day a few weeks ago, I bought two teacups […]

Milk and Apples

10 February 2014katiemunnik

Plum has just started on solid foods which makes this week’s lectionary reading from Corinthians resound with me. And so, brothers and sisters, I could not speak […]

Blessing

27 January 2014katiemunnik

Blessed are the broken. That’s the beatitudes in a nutshell but, of course, none of the blessings stop there. Blessed are the broken because things […]