We just had our first snow in Vancouver. My daughter and I had a meaningful conversation on our way to church this morning (I was going to do the service and she’ going to record it). Daughter: Dad, why is February coldest? Dad: It is because we are in the transition between winter and spring….
Recently I had a fruitful conversation with a fellow priest in the east end of the country (while I am in the west end of the country). He asked me about my “new” church and community. I wrote to him that people in the immediate area don’t come to church (I am talking about the…
In Thick Nhat Hanh’s book “nothing is something”, he wrote, “There are so many wonderful things in the world. You body is a wonder. The flower is a wonder. The starts are wonders. If you only notice the unpleasant things, that’s a pity. Even the things that don’t look beautiful at first are wonders. A…