Many thanks to Lay Minister, Mandy Bath of St. Mark’s Anglican Church, Kaslo BC for sharing her sermon from Sept 209, 2026 We start with a Questionnaire by Wendell Berry: How much poison are you willing to eat for the success of the free market and global trade? Please name your preferred poisons. For the... Continue Reading →
With thanks to Fr. Michael Lapsley, himself no stranger to violence and suffering, who shared Dorothy’s story this past week on Facebook. I have never heard this story, but others have. She deserveS beatification if not sainthood. Such an inspiration to us all. KJG When the gunmen asked the 73-year-old nun if she was carrying... Continue Reading →
This blog is based on a TELUS Health Senior Care newsletter “Fall prevention for older adults: 7 tips to help prevent falls & injuries” - May 14, 2026 - Edited for length and detail. For the original publication click here. [While I endorse the content of the TELUS guide the products named below are one... Continue Reading →
[KJG] During her 2006-2015 term as Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church, Katharine Jefferts Schori stated that ignoring or denying climate change is a moral failing and a "sinful" rejection of God's creation. The howls of protest at the time remain legendary. As a trained scientist herself, she knew the effects of climate change on... Continue Reading →
That's the message from Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, marking 1 September as both the start of the Orthodox ecclesiastical year and the Day of Prayer for the Protection of the Natural Environment, an observance the Ecumenical Patriarchate established in 1989 and which now brings Christian communities together worldwide: "a symbol and practical promotion of the unity... Continue Reading →
I have written so much recently about the Bald Range wildfire which forced the evacuation of our little town of Summerland on Friday night, August 7, 2026. A search on my blogsite will bring up many different perspectives of our amazing story. Additionally, I photographed from a number of unique angles a gathering in our... Continue Reading →
by Jim Hodgson - Reposted from Unwrapping Development More than 42 years after my first visit to Haiti, I can’t disagree with that assessment. It was offered June 16 by UN secretary general António Guterres near the end of his one-day visit to Port-au-Prince. The visit came 40 years after the fall of the Duvalier family dictatorship;... Continue Reading →
I walk into a room. Around a table sit three people engaged in lively conversation. I want to join the chatter so I sit down and pay attention to each speaker in turn, even when one talks over the other, excitedly. It’s hard to keep up as the topic shifts quickly from a family story,... Continue Reading →
From The Guardian daily newsletter, Monday, Aug 31, 2026 - Hettie O’Brien, FIRST EDITION Over the weekend, rescue workers in Nepal and Tibet raced to find people who are still trapped in villages affected by catastrophic flash floods. As of this morning, the death toll stands at 903, and more than 4,000 people are missing.... Continue Reading →
A Poem on Hope It is hard to have hope. It is harder as you grow old, for hope must not depend on feeling good and there’s the dream of loneliness at absolute midnight. You also have withdrawn belief in the present reality of the future, which surely will surprise us, and hope is harder... Continue Reading →
