Re post from Holy Incongruence with thanks to Connie Foss Moore THE MOMENT WE HAVE FEARED HAS ARRIVED: Donald Trump is set to deploy ICE tactical units to five Democrat-run cities amid the protests in Los Angeles as Gavin Newsom blamed his administration for inciting the California chaos. The military-style units are set to storm... Continue Reading →
Calgary visit to focus on ecological debt prior to G7 meeting
Image by Miguel Angel Chong - Own work, CC BY 4.0, Reposted article by Christl Dabu via CTV NewsUpdated: June 11, 2025 at 11:11AM EDT A Peruvian cardinal who worked closely with Pope Leo XIV for years will be stopping in Calgary to support peaceful demonstrators as world leaders gather next week for the G7... Continue Reading →
Resistance to unjust power โ Pentecost remarks by Bishop John H Taylor, Episcopal Bishop of Los Angeles
The photo shows CLUE: Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice leaders at a march earlier this year.] Please find below the remarks Bishop Taylor prepared for a prayer vigil last Sunday night at Los Angeles City Hall that was canceled because of security concerns. His remarks are in response to the unwelcome, uninvited, and... Continue Reading →
We Stand with California โ Toxic Sock-Puppets wonโt.
A Message of Solidarity and ResistanceCHARLIE ANGUS / THE RESISTANCE - JUN 9, 2025 [Ken Gray] Charlie Angus, Robert Reich, David Frum, Bob Woodward, Mark Milley all agree. Trumpโs creation of violence and the imposition of the national guard and marine corps personnel in California is a test case for using military action against American... Continue Reading →
Reconnecting with Aboriginal Neighbours in the Anglican Diocese of Islands and Inlets (BC)
[Ken Gray] Our extended visit to Victoria continues to serve up delightful surprises, none more exciting than a reunion with Aboriginal Neighbours friends. While never a member of the organization myself, our ministries intersected especially during my time as rector (priest) of the Church of the Advent in Colwood from 2005-2016. A summary of their... Continue Reading →
Finally comes inspiration โ Theologian Walter Brueggemann dead aged 92
[Ken Gray] I met Walter Brueggemann at a North American Cathedral Deans conference in Cincinnati a few years ago. We were table mates at a conference where he was the featured presenter. I think he was curious about this Canadian ecologically engaged small cathedral dean. His mood was as relaxed as his wit was sharp.... Continue Reading →
Connecting people with plants, nature, and sustainable gardening practices โ Introducing the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific โ A very special place
Sometimes you have to go back to find what was always there. Such is the case with the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific, a magical place Kathie and I discovered a few days ago as our June vacation in Victoria continues. For years Kathie and I lived a ten-minute drive from the Quale Road location... Continue Reading →
American Gulag — AKA Where’s the Magna Carta now?
Re-posted from CHARLIE ANGUS / THE RESISTANCE - JUN 4 "[A primary feature of the gulag or concentration camp is that]โฆthe human masses sealed off in them are treated as if they no longer existed, as if what happened to them were no longer of interest to anybody, as if they were already dead and... Continue Reading →
โAsk not what the climate is doing to your country, but what your country can do for the climateโ โ Prime Minister Mark Carney
[Ken Gray] It was a pleasure to visit the church of my childhood and later years, St. John the Divine in Victoria this past Sunday. I attended in order to co-sign a letter to Canadian Minister Mark Carney asking him to honour his previous commitments (Value(s), p. xv) to create policy which protects the environment... Continue Reading →
Like father, like son — From son to father
With thanks to Bill Sundhu and Avi Lewis who wrote the following message. [Avi Lewis] My father Stephen Lewis is spectacularly uninterested in social media, so Iโm posting this myself (though he has read it and is prepared to suffer the indignity of all I'm about to reveal). When he was Canadaโs ambassador to the... Continue Reading →