November 19, 2025 There are a number of spiritual writers who are inviting us to find hope in this confusing and sometimes dispiriting time. Hope to buoy us along, to counteract the attacks on our souls that come fast and furious from our screens. Hope to heal us from the visible evidence of cruel injustices, masked men grabbing and disappearing people, toxic politics and so much more. Even though hope can anchor our souls, especially in difficult times, I am struggling to

November 9, 2025 The daily ups and downs in this chaotic time can be tough to manage. Even when I hold onto my daily centering prayer and other spiritual practices, there are times that my thoughts and feelings are all over the place. It's especially hard when there seems to be so many opposites happening at once. I’m sad that there are masked men disappearing people and at the same time I cherish reading to my niece’s beautiful baby. I catch my breath as I listen to news

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...