Still Reading

These last couple of weeks have been a feast of reading for me. I have gone through two books by Tom Davis – Fields of the Fatherless and Red Letters. Great books with lots of stories about how to share the joy of compassionate living. In Fields of The Fatherless I was particularly impacted by [...]

Are cell phones harmful?

It sounds as though the jury is still out on whether or not cell phones can cause cancer. Concerns have been raised that RF energy from cellular telephones may pose a cancer risk to users. I thought that you might be interested in this article put out by the National Cancer institute. It really helps [...]

Bread Blog: Let justice flow…

Bread Blog: Let justice flow… I had not been to the Bread for the World blog before but very much appreciate the work that they do.  There are some great resources here.

Let your Justice Flow like a River

I have just started to prepare the programme for our upcoming Celtic retreat on Camano Island August 9th.  This is one of my favourite events of the year.  I particularly enjoy getting ready for it as it makes it possible for me to reflect on my own life and is often also a time for [...]

Alternative Celebrations

the MSA team is thinking of putting together a celebration calendar for the next year.  We would like to highlight ways to celebrate the ordinary events of life – not putting emphasis on the negative but on the positive & giving them a Christian focu Here are a few examples that we have thought of [...]

Going Raspberry Picking

Ricci and I are going raspberry picking this morning.  It may not sound like a very spiritual task but I am recognizing more and more that spirituality is not confined to the boxes of prayer and Bible study and being out in the midst of God’s creation is definitely one place where I connect to [...]

On Becoming an American

Well the day is approaching.  Yesterday I received my notification in the mail that my citizenship swearing in will occur August 7th.  It has been a long process and one with a lot of struggle.  After all who wants to become an American when the economy seems to be sinking like a rock and the [...]

Am I addicted

We arrived back from Winnipeg on Friday to find that our wireless router had died while we were gone.  Did I panic?  Of course not but I did go straight to Best Buy to get a new one in spite of the fact that I was still feeling spaced out because of lack of sleep.  [...]

Report from Winnipeg

Tom & I are still in Winnipeg enjoying our time at the Mennonite People’s Summit.  Tuesday we had the opportunity to have lunch with Jamie Arpin-Ricci.  We first met Jamie at a conference at Three Hills in Alberta several years ago and he and I have reconnected recently through facebook.  I love opportunities like this [...]

What is a Spiritual Practice?

Tom & I are currently in Winnipeg at the Mennonite Summit for North America. Our keynote is behind us and I am getting ready for a workshop on GodSpace: Creating new rhythms for life. As I prepare I have been reflecting on what spiritual practices really are . We like to spiritualize our observances and [...]