Today was World Toilet Day

Did you know that today was World Toilet Day.  It sounds to most of us as though someone is cracking a joke, but the lack of toilets is no joke for the 2.5 billion people in our world who lack adequate sanitation
The World Toilet Organisation themselves are encouraging website visitors to head over to EndWaterPoverty.org [...]

Junk Food Spirituality – Are We Addicted to the Wrong Practices?

Following my post yesterday Fruit That Will Last, my friend Andy Wade commented
I wonder, what would the difference look like between highly processed fruit and whole foods w/o all the junk? What are the parallels between how our bodies respond to processed foods and how our souls respond?
It was a great question that sent my [...]

Flu Therapy

Another day at World View Institute in Launceston.  I love the rhythm here – lectures Monday and Tuesday and then a day off (at least for me) which is just as well because I am still fighting a cold and have not felt well since I first caught the flu back in Los Angeles about [...]

Is Being Fat Really Our Fault?

I had no intention of adding another post today but just came across this concerning article on Alternet that I wanted to share.
Chemicals called ‘obesogens’ are in our food, cars and homes, according to recent scientific studies — and they may be making us fat….
Already in Japan, scientists were finding that bisphenol A (a chemical [...]

Are the Turbulent Times Already Here?

Tom & I arrived in Sydney yesterday and are still fighting to get our clocks turned around.  The weather here is warm and balmy.  Quite a contrast to Seattle where it was heading towards winter temperatures and rain when we left on Tuesday.  The fact that it is now Friday is hard to believe.  Going [...]

Walk to Bethlehem During Advent

Advent is still a couple of months away but here is a really cool idea I heard about this last weekend that would not only prepare us spiritually for the birth of Christ but also physically and emotionally.
A Walk to Bethlehem is an Advent resource developed by St John’s Health Parish Nursing.  The initial concept [...]

Loving the Unloveable

I was just reading an article this morning about the wildlife we like to attract to our garden.  It talked about the fact that all of us love to see nice furry creatures like squirrels and winged creature like colourful birds and buuterflies out our windows.  We tend to ignore the destructiveness of some of [...]

The Spirituality of the Long Distance Runner

I had not intended to add another post today but just came across this one written by Steve Fouch in response to the What is a Spiritual Practice challenge.  I thought that some of you would find it as interesting as I did.  He describes himself as an average father, working at an average job, looking [...]

The Spiritual Practice of Lament

The post below was sent to me by Tracy Byrd Dickerson who describes herself as a lover of Jesus, wife of a fabulous husband, mother to two great guys, hospice nurse, seminarian, celebrant of life abundant.  She blogs at Nacreous Kingdom
In studying the Psalms for a seminary class, I was once again struck with the [...]

The Causes of Our Times

I am getting ready to speak at the West Coast Healthcare Missions Conference this next week and have been updating some of my statistics and presentations.  As usual this kind of preparation challenges me again to look at the needs of our world and to grapple with how my life can make a difference in [...]