Another in our growing collection of potential presidential portraits for your campaign pleasure. Thanks to those who continue to submit publication material and suggest sources for our consideration. Our team continues to work around the clock--except when sleeping or watching Blue Jays Baseball--to bring you the best, or the best of the worst, in campaign... Continue Reading →
It was a warm and lovely, late-August afternoon when I asked Kathie to drop me off at the Summerland Ornamental Gardens to photograph flowers. I visit the gardens several times each year and find ample subject material through all seasons. Readers of this blog will already know how I love photographing flowers in all their... Continue Reading →
With thanks to Jan Carlson I am pleased to share yet another inventive, practical, and ecosocial initiative developed in our little Town of Summerland. Good people, doing good things, for good reasons, with good and great outcomes for each other, for our community and for creation. Jan writes: The idea was to create a sharing... Continue Reading →
Writing in today’s New York Times e-letter Vanessa Friedman gets to the heart of what has been for me, a nagging question. Why does Kamala Harris always appear in pantsuits? Why is Tim Walz suited in rather uninteresting somewhat old-guy clothing? (He is only one year older than Harris but looks older.) In this presidential... Continue Reading →
More memes. They speak for themselves. And Socrates enters the fray, and rightly so. Was he a loser? Not. Our banner image today references Robert Kennedy Jr's campaign abandonment and defection to the Trump Camp. Weird just got weirder. AND NOW, some musical encouragement and entertainment. If the youth vote gets out (GOTV) things could... Continue Reading →
Thought I should get some images out prior to the Harris speech tonight in Chicago. After that chat, the meme scene will explode. Trust me.
With other mainline Christian denominations the Anglican Church of Canada increasingly struggles to maintain ministry especially in rural settings though also in some urban centres. Simple truth: Fewer people invest energy and money in parish churches now, saving their financial commitments for special projects or secular organizations like the Sierra Club or Doctors Without Borders... Continue Reading →
In today’s NYT e-newsletter David Leonhardt explores the theme of “muscular patriotism” looking towards the Democratic National Convention which opens tonight in Chicago. (Memories of the 1968 DNC, one of the most tempestuous in American history, have some people concerned about potential violence.) Leonhardt writes: At her first rally with Tim Walz, Kamala Harris delivered... Continue Reading →
My publication of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s recent advisory statement on the need for Israel to heed the decision of the International Criminal Court drew some very helpful thoughts from a longtime and trusted friend, Lance Weisser. Archbishop Justin Welby says the State of Israel has been “denying the Palestinian people dignity, freedom and hope”... Continue Reading →
Sunday, August 18th, 2024A sermon for the congregation of St. Stephen Summerland Anglican ChurchThe Very Rev. Ken Gray Remembering the late, great, Canadian Norman Jewison, who produced the 1971 film based on the earlier Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof, let’s sing Tevye’s song: [TEVYE, spoken]Oh dear Lord, you made many, many poor people. I... Continue Reading →
Take Note - Reflections on life, music, politics, retirement and more by Ken Gray 