Garden Seminar at the Mustard Seed House, Indiana, Hood River and others

This Saturday I will be conducting a Spirituality of Gardening seminar at the Mustard Seed House.  The front porch is bulging with lettuce, Chinese greens, cabbage, cauliflowers and broccoli all anxious like me to finally get out into the garden.  Each time I conduct one of the seminars I learn more about God and the [...]

Thanking God for the Gift of Water

Yesterday was baptism day at our church and I wast struck by profound meaning of the words for blessing the water from the Book of Common Prayer.  It is part of the service that we say together as a reaffirmation of our baptismal vows. I could not help but think of these words again as [...]

Off the the NW Garden Show

Yesterday I spent most of the day at the NW flower and garden show.  Some of the display gardens are phenomenal with huge trees and logs that take cranes to lift and place them.  I came home wondering how on earth it is all put together in the 72 hours they have before the show [...]

Prayers for the Week

Here are the prayers from Light for the Journey for this week.  Most of the prayers this week were inspired by reading Ann Voskamp’s A Thousand Gifts or by my heartache over the loss of a friend in the Christchurch earthquake.  I am finding more and more that writing and reciting prayers when I am [...]

Life is too Urgent to Live Fast

I continue to savour Ann Voskamp’s book A Thousand Gifts. In fact I am reading through it for a second time, savouring the wisdom.  Life is too urgent to be lived fast, too important to be consumed in a blur of activity, too precious to not take notice of the God moments, the God love [...]

A Thousand Gifts from God

This last week I have been reading Ann Voskamp‘s delightful book A Thousand Gifts and have found it very hard to put down to get back to the other things I am meant to be doing. She starts with a dare: Could you write a list of a thousand things you love? Her recounting of [...]

Gratitude: A tribute to a Friend

Yesterday when I wrote my post Grieve with those that Grieve, I had no idea how close to home that would come.  I heard last night that a dear friend of mine was killed in the Christchurch quake.  He was working out in his garden when a rock from the nearby cliff fell on him. [...]

Selah Service on Camano Island

A special Lenten service featuring music, readings and silent prayer in the tradition of St. Patrick led by Jeff Johnson with violinist, Wendy Goodwin. St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church; 1318 E. State Hwy. 532; Camano Island, WA 98282. Childcare provided. they will also present the service at St. Columba Episcopal Church the night before. Saturday, March 12, [...]

Grieving with those that Grieve

This morning my heart is aching and I find myself grieving for all the pain and suffering ones of the world. Last night there was an earthquake in Christchurch NZ where I once lived.  At least 65 people have been killed and many more injured.  What seems just as horrible is that the Christchurch cathedral, [...]

Following Jesus – What Difference Does it Make?

Lent is almost here and we are fast approaching the season that most challenges us to reflect on our faith and the real cost of following Jesus.  Once again I want to invite you to participate with me in Lenten reflections that challenge us to take the call of God on our lives more seriously. [...]