October 30, 2025. Depending on where you live, November can be a gloomy month. As a native British Columbian, I am accustomed to the low-lying cloud, mist and rain that can envelop Vancouver during this month. But other people I know really struggle in the fall, especially in this month with its changing weather. It might be my imagination, but it’s not just the weather that transitions in November. It’s a month in which more people seem to transition to the other side o

October 18, 2025 As we live out the craziness of 2025, can we imagine a different world? A better world? Can we imagine different ways to be in relationship with the Divine, each other, all there is? Spiritual and world leaders are speaking of the importance of using our imaginations while we live a world that seems to be falling apart. Imagining what to do while we’re in this chaotic time, as well as imagining a better future. A different future than the dystopian one pre

October 9, 2025. Recently, concern for the environment and protecting Earth and all of creation seems to be taking a back seat to other...

September 28, 2025. Sometimes I get overwhelmed by the “shock and awe” politics of 2025. The sheer volume of “shocks,” each of which...

September 18, 2025. Experiencing the barrage of news that's filled with stories of leaders' corruption, insults, threats, lies,...

September 7, 2025. The news seems to be filled with so much horror and cruelty and yet at the same time there is also much beauty and...

August 28, 2025. I’ve been writing this blog for just over six months. It feels like a milestone. When I began in February 2025, I felt...

August 18, 2025. Some of you might be wondering why I’m writing about birdwatching in a spiritual blog. I must admit that I would have...

July 8, 2025. I feel like I've been on an emotional marathon over this past six months. Sometimes it feels like I’m running out of steam....

June 28, 2025. How is your body feeling today? Do you even know? Is there tension or tightness somewhere? Maybe some numbness, nausea,...