A poem by Mary Oliverselected by Juno What do you say, Percy? I am thinking of sitting out on the sand to watch the moon rise. It’s full tonight. So we go and the moon rises, so beautiful it makes me shudder, makes me think about time and space, makes me take measure of myself:... Continue Reading →
Reprinted from Jordan Copp-Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Coast Reporter (via Penticton NOW) BC bookstore uses music ties to aid suicide prevention A Gibsons bookstore named Reasons to Live has been raising money for suicide prevention. Last year, they raised over $60,000–more than their store earns in a year. For more than a decade, the owners of Reasons... Continue Reading →
My life, like yours, I suspect, can feel like it has been ingeniously designed for the sole purpose of strangling serendipity. What an awesome first line, not my own words, but an extract from a New York Times opinion piece published today. In high school English class I remember working on first lines, typically constructed... Continue Reading →
Rev. Alecia Greenfield, priest, activist, artist will host a launch in Vancouver on Sunday, April 21 -- details soon An update on my little book project -- Partnership as Mission READER RESPONSE This is a such a well written book, creatively addressing a most vital, if not the most vital issue for those of us... Continue Reading →
Reprinted from Richard Rohr's Daily Meditations -- From the Center for Action and Contemplation -- Read online here This Daily Meditation explores the “seven stories” inspired by Brian McLaren and Gareth Higgins’s e-book The Seventh Story. Father Richard describes how the gospel offers us a new story: If we’re honest, culture forms us much more than... Continue Reading →
In a previous blog I offered a review of Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future: A Novel. Peppered throughout Robinson’s story are hundreds of aphorisms which have me pause for cause (or cause me to pause), to take notice, and reflect. I find these words to be variously powerful, insightful, pithy, analytical, emotional,... Continue Reading →
“This is the best book I have ever read.” These are not my words but those of a Berkley liturgical scholar who reads and publishes on Christian worship. Her unexpected outburst concerned Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future: A Novel (Orbit, 2020). Described on the cover by American novelist Jonathan Lathem as “the... Continue Reading →
Our “little book”: Partnership as Mission: Essays in Memory of Ellie Johnson is now published and available for sale. Kenneth Gray, Maylanne Maybee, EditorsWipf and Stock Publishers; 288 pagesAvailable in softcover, e-book, and hardcover Now through December 19, on sale at 40%off. Visit our publisher, Wipf and Stock and use the code JOY23 to receive... Continue Reading →
PARTNERSHIP AS MISSIONEssays in Memory of Ellie JohnsonEdited by Kenneth Gray and Maylanne MaybeeForeword by James Boyles Wipf and Stock PUBLISHER LINK My favourite English teacher was John Smallbridge. He taught me with a dozen others in a creative writing seminar at what was then the University of Western Ontario in 1981. During our first... Continue Reading →
It is the shortest question in the English language. This single three-letter word, why?, is fundamental to the way we learn and experience life, regardless of age or circumstance. We develop our understanding of how things and people work and relate to one another, through use of this infinitely profound question. Even conclusions which may... Continue Reading →
Take Note - Reflections on life, music, politics, retirement and more by Ken Gray 