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June 2020

June 29, 2020
Our prayers trace the cracks in the stony soil of our hearts. Gradually the cracks...
June 01, 2020
I want life to teach me to become better acquainted with death. During the more...

May 2020

May 24, 2020
Contemplative spirituality is tidal. There are seasons where the life giving waters of the spirit...
May 21, 2020
The parks are starting to open up again. I am grateful to have been able...
May 10, 2020
[Sermon delivered at St. Mary's Kerrisdale on May 11, 2020] Readings Ps 31:1-5, 15-16; 1...

April 2020

April 26, 2020
REVIEW OF: Brad Lyons and Bruce Barkhauer America’s Holy Ground: 61 Faithful Reflections on our...

March 2020

March 22, 2020
[Sermon delivered on March 22, 2020] Readings 1 Sam 16:1-13; Ps 23; Eph 5:8-14; Jn...

February 2020

February 06, 2020
[SPOILERS] I recently saw filmmaker Taika Watiti’s Jojo Rabbit. The premise is based on Christine...

January 2020

January 19, 2020
Homily delivered on Jan. 26, 2020 at St. Mary's Anglican Church Readings Holy Eucharist: Propers...

December 2019

December 20, 2019
  Delivered Dec. 15, 2019, Gaudete Sunday, Third Sunday of Advent at Saint Mary’s Anglican...

November 2019

November 25, 2019
During All Souls/All Saints Days this year, I was lucky enough to travel to Kentucky...

August 2019

August 19, 2019
The other day I went for a walk along a high bluff overlooking the Fraser...
August 19, 2019
“Why is everything in the woods with you people?” –Cruella Deville, Once Upon a Time,...
August 19, 2019
[In June, I started working part time at a Funeral Home. One of my tasks...

June 2019

June 30, 2019
[Homily delivered on June 30, 2019] Readings: 1 Kgs 19:15–16, 19–21 Psalms 16 Gal 5:1,...
June 21, 2019
In the Corpus Christi we are celebrating the real presence of the sun in wheat;...
June 17, 2019
Sunday, my friend and I hiked to the top of Grouse Mountain. It is a...
June 14, 2019
  Today my office is a rocky beach just below UBC. Today my desk chair...
June 07, 2019
The weather was perfect. I took a gravel trail of the main rode. I found...
June 04, 2019
I am very grateful for the great flux between light and darkness here in Vancouver;...

May 2019

May 28, 2019
This week, as I often do, I walked along my favorite trail in Pacific Spirit...

April 2019

April 30, 2019
  The soft patter of cool drops, Christen forehead, neck and hands. The earthy incense...

January 2019

January 29, 2019
At the bottom of a steep flight Of stairs that lead into the ocean, Between...
January 03, 2019
Introduction What do Advent and the Dark Night of the Soul have in common? From...

December 2018

December 04, 2018
[Today I am preaching the Homily at worship at Vancouver School of Theology] Gospel Reading...

November 2018

November 02, 2018
"And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance." --Kahlil Gibran...

October 2018

October 30, 2018
I recently stumbled on an amazing network! Those of you interested in social science, humanities...
October 25, 2018
“No settled family or community has ever called its home place an “environment.” None has...
October 23, 2018
This November, I will be on a panel at the American Anthropological Association's annual conference....

September 2018

September 30, 2018
Walking a daily prayer practice is an important part of my Christian prayer life. I...
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