Not far from our home is a small 35 hectare woodlot of white pine, sugar maple, beech and red oak trees. The canopy towers high above the forest floor and busy roads and an industrial park line its perimeter. It is easy to walk through the trails in half an hour which makes it perfect [...]
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Parable of the Forest
Posted in health and wellness, nature, spirituality, trails, workplace on January 24, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Relief for Haiti
Posted in people and places, spirituality on January 14, 2010 | 10 Comments »
During my recent trip to California, Arizona and Nevada I made the tongue-in-cheek comment that I would like to experience a small earthquake just to see what it felt like. After seeing the devastation in Haiti, I will not joke about something as potentially serious as this. I was aware of my initial emotional disconnection [...]
The Visit of the Magi
Posted in Christmas, people and places, spirituality on December 27, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The Magi visit Jesus ©2009 The Becka There are many traditions and legends concerning the Magi who found Jesus sometime after his birth and presentation at the temple. Matthew gives few details about them in his account of their visit to Jerusalem and Bethlehem. We are not told how many of them came nor from [...]
An Altar in the World
Posted in books, spirituality on December 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I had reserved this book at the library after reading favourable reviews on Ginger and Jayne‘s blogs earlier this year. There were many holds on it and I finally picked up my copy a couple of weeks ago. I started reading it and realized this was not a book to be skimmed, but with all [...]
An Altar in the World
Posted in books, spirituality on December 13, 2009 | 10 Comments »
I had reserved this book at the library after reading favourable reviews on Ginger and Jayne‘s blogs earlier this year. There were many holds on it and I finally picked up my copy a couple of weeks ago. I started reading it and realized this was not a book to be skimmed, but with all [...]
The Word Became Flesh…
Posted in Christmas, spirituality on November 29, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Babies in our family Today marks the first Sunday of Advent. It also is the birth day of the newest member of our family, my grand-niece, Ivy, who was born less than four hours ago. Christmas season is in full swing. Santa Claus has arrived in parades and malls, stores have extended hours for a [...]
The Fisherman’s Prayer
Posted in Poetry, spirituality on November 23, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Fishermen’s and Seamen’s Chapel, Pier 45, San Francisco CA The Fisherman’s Prayerby Thomas Keats When far from land on the stormy seaThere are times when my boat seems frail to meWhere the rising wind and the monstrous wavesHave sent many souls to their watery graves When the fog shuts down and blacks out the shoreAnd [...]
In His Image…
Posted in spirituality on November 8, 2009 | 9 Comments »
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27(Lester Kern) I have been a Sunday School teacher for grade school children for many years and scarcely need to look at the curriculum to know how lessons will be presented. Some [...]
Who is Wise?
Posted in birds, spirituality on September 13, 2009 | 17 Comments »
I visited a raptor rehab centre last weekend and took photos of this captive Great Horned Owl. It stared at me, (or through me) silently and then closed its eyes in seeming disinterest and boredom. Owls are often equated with wisdom and this is well discussed in Just 3 Things, a new blog I visited [...]
Summer’s Last Full Moon
Posted in seasons of life, skywatch, spirituality on September 3, 2009 | 22 Comments »
“Beauty is a form of genius -is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon.” Oscar Wilde Friday is the Full Corn Moon or Barley Moon, or [...]
