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June 2020

June 29, 2020

Cracks in Stony Soil

Our prayers trace the cracks in the stony soil of our hearts. Gradually the cracks...

June 01, 2020

Memento Mori

I want life to teach me to become better acquainted with death. During the more...

May 2020

May 24, 2020

Low Tide

Contemplative spirituality is tidal. There are seasons where the life giving waters of the spirit...

May 21, 2020

Gratitude in Heavy Times

The parks are starting to open up again. I am grateful to have been able...

May 10, 2020

The Way of Jesus, Jesus as Way

[Sermon delivered at St. Mary's Kerrisdale on May 11, 2020] Readings Ps 31:1-5, 15-16; 1...

April 2020

April 26, 2020

A Guide Book to America’s Sacred Groves: A Review of America’s Holy Ground

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

March 2020

March 22, 2020

Love in the time of Coronavirus

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

February 2020

February 06, 2020

Jo Jo Rabbit and Self Giving Love

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

January 2020

January 19, 2020

On the Spirituality of Light and Dark

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

December 2019

December 20, 2019

A Gospel of Joy

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

November 2019

November 25, 2019

Thomas Merton the Forester

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

August 2019

August 19, 2019

Crucifixion of the Earth

The other day I went for a walk along a high bluff overlooking the Fraser...

August 19, 2019

Terra Nullius: The Political Ecology of Green Space

“Why is everything in the woods with you people?” –Cruella Deville, Once Upon a Time,...

August 19, 2019

Mass Grave

[In June, I started working part time at a Funeral Home. One of my tasks...

June 2019

June 30, 2019

The Seed of Grace

[Homily delivered on June 30, 2019] Readings: 1 Kgs 19:15–16, 19–21 Psalms 16 Gal 5:1,...

June 21, 2019

Corpus Christi on Solstice Eve

In the Corpus Christi we are celebrating the real presence of the sun in wheat;...

June 17, 2019

Tree-nity Sunday

Sunday, my friend and I hiked to the top of Grouse Mountain. It is a...

June 14, 2019

Today’s Office

Today my office is a rocky beach just below UBC. Today my desk chair...

June 07, 2019

Walking Contradictions

The weather was perfect. I took a gravel trail of the main rode. I found...

June 04, 2019

Season of Light

I am very grateful for the great flux between light and darkness here in Vancouver;...

May 2019

May 28, 2019

Finding Light in the Gaps

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

April 2019

April 30, 2019

Easter Desert

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

January 2019

January 29, 2019

A Dying Grebe

At the bottom of a steep flight Of stairs that lead into the ocean, Between...

January 03, 2019

Advent and the Dark Night of the Soul

Introduction What do Advent and the Dark Night of the Soul have in common? From...

December 2018

December 04, 2018

Look to the Trees: Homily, Dec. 4, 2018

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

November 2018

November 02, 2018

A Night for All Souls in the Local Cemetery

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

October 2018

October 30, 2018

Learning to Live in Place

I recently stumbled on an amazing network! Those of you interested in social science, humanities...

October 25, 2018

Landform Literacy

“No settled family or community has ever called its home place an “environment.” None has...

October 23, 2018

The Spiritual Ecology of Silence

This November, I will be on a panel at the American Anthropological Association's annual conference....

September 2018

September 30, 2018

Reflections on Prayer

Walking a daily prayer practice is an important part of my Christian prayer life. I...

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